welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. it has been a well used mantra during the covid pandemic no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. well, the reality is far from this, particularly in africa. the continent has received only a fraction of the vaccine doses it needs for its 1.2 billion population. it s gotjust over a0 million doses. and the international scheme africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines cannot secure enough supplies because of a global shortage. meanwhile, some richer nations have stockpiled enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over. my guest is the director of the africa centres for disease control and prevention, drjohn nkengasong. does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19? drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. official figures show that five million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. how worried are you? i m very worried because we are not winning the battle a
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. it has been a well used mantra during the covid pandemic no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. well, the reality is far from this, particularly in africa. the continent has received only a fraction of the vaccine doses it needs for its 1.2 billion population. it s gotjust over a0 million doses. and the international scheme africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines cannot secure enough supplies because of a global shortage. meanwhile, some richer nations have stockpiled enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over. my guest is the director of the africa centres for disease control and prevention, drjohn nkengasong. does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19? drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. official figures show that five million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. how worried are you? i m very worried because we are not winning the battle a
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. it has been a well used mantra during the covid pandemic no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. well, the reality is far from this, particularly in africa. the continent has received only a fraction of the vaccine doses it needs for its 1.2 billion population. it s gotjust over a0 million doses. and the international scheme africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines cannot secure enough supplies because of a global shortage. meanwhile, some richer nations have stockpiled enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over. my guest is the director of the africa centres for disease control and prevention, drjohn nkengasong. does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19? drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. official figures show that five million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. how worried are you? i m very worried because we are not winning the battle a
take responsibility now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. and the international scheme africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines could not secure enough supplies because of the global shortage. my my guest is these does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19? drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. official figures show that five million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. how worried are you? i m very worried because we are not winning the battle against covid 19 in africa. if you look at our numbers as you already stated, they continue to increase, and several countries are edging towards a third wave of the pandemic now. and many countries have gone through their second wave, so we are not absolutely winning the battle against covid in africa. are you confident that you know what is going on? i give you one example. the south african finance minister told hardt
hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. it has been a well used mantra during the covid pandemic no one is safe anywhere in the world until everyone is safe everywhere. well, the reality is far from this, particularly in africa. the continent has received only a fraction of the vaccine doses it needs for its 1.2 billion population. it s gotjust over a0 million doses. and the international scheme africa is relying on to obtain covid 19 vaccines cannot secure enough supplies because of a global shortage. meanwhile, some richer nations have stockpiled enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over. my guest is the director of the africa centres for disease control and prevention, drjohn nkengasong. does africa have a strategy to tackle covid 19? drjohn nkengasong, welcome to hardtalk. official figures show that five million cases exist in africa of covid 19, nearly 130,000 deaths. how worried are you? i m very worried because we