Question NW531 to the Minister of Health
11 March 2021 - NW531
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(a) On what date did the shipment of Cuban COVID-19 medicine worth R235 million reach our shores, (b)(i) what quantity of the medicine was destroyed and (ii) how was the medicine destroyed and (c)(i) who will be held accountable for such a huge loss and (ii) how will the loss be recompensed?
Reply:
The Department of Health has not been involved in the procurement of a “Cuban Covid-19 medicine” hence we cannot respond to this question. It must be referred to the Department of Defence.
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