SII refunds South Africa for undelivered COVID-19 vaccines

Other African nations receive about 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which were rejected by South Africa

The Serum Institute of India has fully refunded South Africa for the 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 , which were not delivered to the country after it decided not to use the vaccine because it was not effective against a new variant of the virus. A , have been sold on to other countries in the African Union. "Treasury has confirmed that the Serum Institute of India has fully refunded us for the remaining 500,000 doses that had not been delivered to South Africa and the money is already in our bank account," Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said at a televised media briefing on Thursday.