India’s Serum Institute let Africa down on vaccines, says Africa CDC

Head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control denounced recent comments from Serum that uptake of its Covid-19 shots had slowed because of low demand from Africa and vaccine hesitancy, saying the real problem was that Serum had acted unprofessionally.

The Serum Institute of India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, let Africa down by pulling out of talks to supply Covid-19 vaccines, creating distrust that has affected demand, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control said on Thursday.