AZ and Covid Jab in South Africa

[DamnUserName21]

AZ is charging South Africa over double the price it is charging the EU. The vaccine is supposed to be sold at cost so unless it costs double to make at the Serum Institute (India), what hell is going on?!

www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/s-africa-to-pay-2-5-times-more-than-eu-for-virus-vaccine

Could shipping, handling, refrigeration, etc be possible reasons?

I would have thought that would be factored into costings but I don't know. AZ didn't respond to article journalists. I also wouldn't think it would be double to make a vaccine in India compared with Europe.

not the manufacture but the transport, shipping, needs once in SA.