Some 14.7 million vaccine doses administered, as roll out of Africa’s COVID campaigns stall
By Maxwell Awumah
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More than 14.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the continent, but rollout campaigns have stalled in many countries.
As of April 28, only Seychelles, an island nation with a population of almost 123,831 people, has vaccinated about 68 per cent of its population.
Morocco followed up with 12.4 per cent administering 8.86 million doses of vaccines to its population with Rwanda and Ghana administering 1.4 per cent and 1.3 per cent of their population with doses of 349,702 and 755,686, respectively, as of April 11, this year.
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South Africa announced Monday it would shortly resume using Johnson & Johnson anti-Covid vaccines, two weeks after the jab was suspended to vet risks over blood clots.
The vaccine will be included in South Africaâs much-delayed anti-Covid vaccination campaign from Wednesday after being given the green light by SAHPRA, the countryâs health watchdog.
âIt has since been established there is a one in a million chance of getting the clot after the vaccine and that it appears that women between the ages of 18 and 48 years old are particularly at risk,â Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said in a statement.
âWith such a low probability of developing a clot, all the regulators across the world have recommended the continued use of Johnson and Johnson.â
South Africa announced Monday it would shortly resume using Johnson & Johnson anti-Covid vaccines, two weeks after the jab was suspended to vet risks over blood clots.
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South Africa on Monday reported 744 new COVID-19 cases and 21 related deaths, the country s health minister said.
The new numbers pushed the caseload in the country to above 1.567 million, including 53,757 deaths and over 1.49 million recoveries, Zwelini Mkhize added.
A total of 343,420 senior citizens aged 60 and above have registered for vaccination so far, he said.
More than 10 million coronavirus tests have been conducted nationwide to date, Mkhize noted
He said the country’s mass vaccination campaign is scheduled to officially start on May 17, 2021 “to achieve population immunity by the first quarter in 2022.”