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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has bemoaned the slow pace of Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination process, saying “fair access to vaccines must be a reality if we are to collectively make a dent on this pandemic”.
The global body suggests further that Africa accounts for less than two per cent of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally so far, stressing that most countries on the continent received vaccines only five weeks ago and in small quantities.
So far, 45 African countries are said to have received the COVID-19 vaccines, with 43 of them having begun vaccinations, while nearly 13 million of the 31.6 million doses delivered so far have been administered.
Less than 2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa
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The WHO AFRO says more efforts are needed to scale up COVID-19 vaccination in the African Region as many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line.
According to it, less than two per cent of the world’s 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa with limited stocks and supply bottlenecks putting the vaccines out of reach of many people in the region.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director, World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), spoke during a virtual press conference on Thursday facilitated by APO Group.
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