COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Drogba slams scientists who want Covid-19 vaccine tested in Africa

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Two leading French doctors insisted they had been misunderstood after sparking a storm of criticism by discussing the idea of testing a vaccine for coronavirus in Africa.

Disinfectant was sprayed around shops in Johannesburg on Friday while shoppers practiced physical distancing.'Africans are not guinea pigs' - Drogba slams scientists who suggested testing Covid-19 vaccine in Africa

Although they later apologised for any offence caused if their comments had not been clear, former international and Ivory Coast football star Didier Drogba joined lawyers and a French anti-racism organisation in criticising the remarks made on Wednesday in a broadcast on the LCI channel.Zwelethu Mazibuko wants to tell South Africans taking strain during the lockdown or placed in medical isolation due to Covid-19: “You will survive this.

All sport in Italy is suspended until at least April 13 as a result of Covid-19, which has killed nearly 15,000 people in the country.A woman removes a makeshift mask made from shower curtains on the Fremont Troll, a landmark public sculpture in the Fremont neighbourhood, during the Covid-19 outbreak in Seattle, Washington, US, on April 3 2020.A tavern's decision to keep selling alcohol in defiance of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions cost it more than R500,000 on Friday.

 

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All I’m saying is to all Africans say no to any vaccine offered kuwe 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

Why don't they test it in Italy, the epicentre of the outbreak in Europe? That would make more sense and we would know quicker if their vaccine work?

Tell him ukuthi Msunu kanyoko

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