EFF WELCOMES THE APPROVAL OF CORONAVAC VACCINE FOR USE AGAINST COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA
Saturday, 03 July 2021
The EFF welcomes the approval of the Coronavac vaccine, which is manufactured by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac, for use against the deadly CoronaVirus in South Africa. The approval of this vaccine is long overdue and is a result of the principled mass action by the EFF against the policy of vaccine procurement that has been held ransom by capital.
As the EFF, we had warned against the political interests that guide the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), which has hamstrung the process of vaccine approval. It is due to the conflict of interest of those who occupy the heights of power at SAHPRA, that the country is subjected to frivolous lockdowns and unprecedented loss of life.
The decision to approve the use of Coronavac, means the collusion of SAHPRA with ASPEN and global pharmaceutical companies, at the behest of compromised individuals such as Helen Rees whose husband is a shareholder at ASPEN, has been decisively undermined.
If not for the noble efforts of the EFF, the entire nation would still be subjected to narrow and unscientific imperialism in terms of vaccine procurement, and there would be no reprieve of the loss of life and infections.