Former Ivorian international, Mr. Didier Drogba has availed his
private hospital for use as a government coronavirus facility.
The news was posted on a Facebook page called, “Fans de Didier Drogba.
The hospital in question, located in the city of Abidjan, is named
after Ivory Coast footballer, Laurent Pokou, who died in 2016.
The head of Abidjan’s regional council, Vincent Toh Bi Irie, thanked
Drogba for the gesture which he described as “patriotic” stressing
that the facility will be very useful in the fight against the virus
once it is functional.
Drogba had been in the news weeks back when he called out two French
scientists for suggesting that COVID-19 vaccine trials must start in
Africa.
He was joined by Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o setting off a social media
backlash on the scientists.
The World Health Organization, WHO, Director-General, Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus in responding to the scientists described their views as
appalling and stressed that Africa will not be used as a vaccine
testing ground.
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