"Modest Gains": 2% Or Fewer In Many African Nations Covid Vaccinated, WHO Says
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Shipments of the vaccine have been increasing "but opaque delivery plans are still the number one nuisance that hold Africa back," World Health Organisation said.
Just two percent of the population, or fewer, have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus in half of the countries in Africa, the World Heath Organization said on Thursday,
Fifteen of the continent's 54 nations have managed to vaccinate at least 10 percent of their people, thereby achieving the global goal for September 30, set in May by the World Health Assembly, the world's highest health policy-setting body.
"The latest data shows modest gains but there is still a long way to go to reach the WHO target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of the population by the end of the year," said Richard Mihigo, the World Health Organization's vaccination coordinator in Africa.
Shipments of the vaccine have been increasing "but opaque delivery plans are still the number one nuisance that hold Africa back," said Mihigo.
