
Flash briefing: Pungent India-SA vaccine deal; ANC stalwart Mthembu dies; interest rates; Eskom; Mozambique; Gold Fields
By Jackie CameronSouth Africa will pay $5.25 per dose for 1.5 million photographs of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), a senior loyal stated on Thursday, bigger than some wealthier international locations are paying. Health division Deputy Director-Standard Anban Pillay suggested Reuters that SII’s tag used to be in accordance with South Africa’s procedure as an better-heart-earnings country beneath a World Bank classification. The tag is increased than the $3 a dose that South Africa and other international locations on the continent are attributable to pay for the the same vaccine beneath an African Union (AU) diagram, and the 2.5 euros ($3.03) per dose European Union international locations bask in agreed to pay, says Reuters. South Africa is ho...