WHO aims for 30 percent of needed Africa COVID jabs by February
Al Jazeera
The WHO says it hopes to provide Africa with about 30 percent of the vaccines the continent needs by February.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have said they hope to provide Africa with about 30 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines the continent needs by February, badly missing the 60 percent vaccination coverage goal that African leaders had once hoped for this year.
Out of 5.7 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines administered around the world so far, only 2 percent have been in Africa.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday called the massive disparity in vaccination rates between rich and poor countries a “solvable problem” and urged pharmaceutical companies to prioritise the UN-backed COVAX initiative, which is designed to share vaccines globally and provide shots at no cost to lower-income countries.
