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WHO chief praises South Africa’s work to make COVID vaccines

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a news conference after a visit to the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a news conference after a visit to the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, third from right, visits the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, second from right, visits the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, visits the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Biomedical Research Institute at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tygerberg-campus in Cape Town, South African, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the WHO said Friday. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)