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· Johnson (J&J), the US pharmaceutical giant, destroyed 30 million Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa. It was manufactured at the Aspen’s Gqeberha Pharmacare facility in South Africa in June
· This had happened weeks before the deadly third wave hit the country. The destroyed doses were said to be compromised due to a contaminated drug substance supplied by J&J’s US partner Emergent Biosolutions.
Johnson (J&J), the US pharmaceutical giant, \ destroyed 30 million jbas in South Africa. It was manufactured at the Aspen’s Gqeberha Pharmacare facility in South Africa in June. This had happened weeks before the deadly third wave hit the country. The destroyed doses were said to be compromised due to a contaminated drug substance supplied by J&J’s US partner Emergent Biosolutions.
Johnson & Johnson conceded in A report says that thirty million Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by Johnson & an emailed statement that a “contaminated” batch of vaccines from their US manufacturing partner Emergent had been destroyed in June. However, it did not specify the exact number and the exact reasons.
J&J promised to supply uncontaminated vaccines “within a week,” and deliver additional vaccines to keep the country’s immunization drive on track. In most of the cases vaccines are paid for by African countries. Less than 20% of South Africans had been fully vaccinated as lockdown measures were eased in september
