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Most African countries to begin vaccination drives by end of March: WHO
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Most African countries to begin vaccination drives by end of March: WHO

  • The world's poorest continent faces logistical and financial obstacles to securing all the vaccines it needs, but the WHO-led COVAX facility has begun to bear fruit.
  • This week Africa has been at the forefront of COVAX facility deliveries, finally, with almost 10 million vaccine doses being delivered to 11 countries as of this morning.
Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:51pm
142 countries to get 237mn vaccines doses from COVAX by end May: WHO
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142 countries to get 237mn vaccines doses from COVAX by end May: WHO

  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told a news conference that vaccine deliveries were planned on Tuesday to Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
  • Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo said his West African country, which has begun its innoculation campaign with COVAX doses, aimed to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2021.
Published 02 Mar, 2021 06:32pm
EU doubles contribution to COVAX with over $600mn in new funding
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EU doubles contribution to COVAX with over $600mn in new funding

  • The contribution consists of a 300 million euro grant and 200 million euros in guarantees by the European Fund for Sustainable Development plus (EFSD+) that will back a loan by the European Investment Bank.
  • They are targeting to deliver 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2021.
Published 19 Feb, 2021 09:03pm
Senegal expects first delivery of China's Sinopharm vaccine
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Senegal expects first delivery of China's Sinopharm vaccine

  • Like other African countries that have struggled to procure vaccines, Senegal is still waiting for disbursements through African Union and World Health Organization-backed (WHO) programmes.
  • It was not clear how many doses would be in the first shipment or when vaccinations might start.
Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:08pm
New Covid-19 cases down 16 percent last week: WHO
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New Covid-19 cases down 16 percent last week: WHO

  • The interim distribution list issued on February 3 broke down the programme's initial 337.2 million doses -- of which all barring 1.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses, are from AstraZeneca. Both WHO-approved vaccines require two injected doses.
Published 17 Feb, 2021 11:13am