JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) - South Africa plans to
"share" the 1 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses
it received from the Serum Institute of India with other African
countries via the African Union, a senior health official said
on Tuesday.
Anban Pillay, deputy director-general at the Department of
Health, told Reuters it was not true that South Africa had asked
the Serum Institute to take the 1 million doses back, as
reported by Indian daily The Economic Times.
Pillay added that South Africa planned to recover the money
spent on the AstraZeneca doses, which arrived in the country at
the start of the month, but was still finalising how to do that.
(Reporting by Alexander Winning
Editing by Tim Cocks)
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