Crime and (no) punishment: Why Africa's ports are vulnerable to counterfeit Covid vaccines
Law enforcement sources, crime analysts and others have identified free trade zones as arguably the biggest threat to the safety of vaccine supplies in Africa. Mombasa is at the top of the list of ports already a major conduit for falsified and substandard medicines. Lack of a continental strategy to stop the spread of fake Covid vaccines means countries are acting in isolation. Black-green tears of moss streak the facades of once-white buildings. The city is a maze of narrow streets, some cobbled with sea-stones, calcified by the centuries that have passed since they were laid. The air, alw...
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