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We are not surprised at Abbott’s assertion that it is unaware of claims arising out of the company wilfully breaching contracts, failure to deliver Covid test kits, using politically exposed persons to circumvent contracts with suppliers (serious compliance violations),and, ultimately, preventing African governments from helping the poor at this critical time.
Abbott acknowledged receipt of the lead claimants’ initial notice with respect to its dealings in two African countries on
At this stage, we are not taking more claims off the table and there is no reason not to seek punitive damages, even in African courts. This is bigger than a client, suppliers and governments. African lives do matter and do count.
The countries needing these supplies have a population with an average age of 22 years. Most of them are healthy with strong immune systems and therefore there is a significant number of asymptomatic cases of Covid-19. Only widespread testing could curb transmission of the virus, by confirming the positive cases and treating new cases in order to stop contamination and deaths that could be avoided if test kits were available.
They accepted the orders from African states and instead focused on delivering the kits to other jurisdictions once they got the products from
While we will not comment further on the substance of the case, we will continue to use every legal means to get justice and to hold
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