Covid-19: Delivery problems leave most African states in the lurch
Fewer than 14-million doses have been administered on the continent of 1.3-billion
15 April 2021 - 19:09
Many Africans who have received their first Covid-19 vaccine do not know when they will get a second shot because deliveries are delayed, the continent’s top public health official said on Thursday.
“We cannot predict when the second doses will come and that is not good for our vaccination programme,” John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), told reporters on Thursday...
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