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‘Africa is not your playing ground’ - Barcelona legend Eto’o slams professors over disparaging remarks

Samuel Eto’o has lashed out at two professors in the wake of their disapproving comments about Africa as the world continues to battle Covid-19.

As it stands, there are no drugs that can prevent the pandemic, but scientists have identified the BCG vaccine - used against tuberculosis as a panacea to curtail the illness that has killed so many people across the globe.

During a programme on French television station LCI, however, professor Jean-Paul Mira, head of the intensive care unit at Cochin hospital (Paris), and Professor Camille Locht, research director at Inserm suggested the effectiveness of the vaccine should be tested first in Africa.