AU secures 400-million more Covid-19 vaccine doses

Nairobi — The AU has secured another 400-million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, health director John Nkengasong said on Thursday, in a push to immunise 60% of the continent's population over three years.

As other countries move ahead with mass immunisation campaigns, Africa is scrambling to obtain supplies for its 1.3-billion people. Only a handful of African nations have begun giving doses...

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