South Africa
SA pledges $1.3m to global #Covid19 fight─── 19:00 Mon, 04 May 2020
South Africa has joined a host of other countries around the world in pledging its support to the global fund against Covid-19.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that $1.3 million will be donated to developing the global health response to the virus and a vaccine.
He was speaking on Monday during the World Health Organisation's virtual pledging conference.
"South Africa is also making a significant investment in science and innovation to fight the pandemic,” said Ramaphosa.
“We pledge the capacities and facilities of South African institutes to support the global effort and in addition to the investments we have made, South Africa is committing an amount of $1.3 million to this historic pledging conference.”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $100 million.
