‘Private players must stay out of COVID-19 vaccine imports’

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‘Private players must stay out of COVID-19 vaccine imports’

CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Ruth Labode has raised concern over government plans to rope in private players in the importation of COVID-19 vaccines, saying the move might fuel profiteering and corruption.

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