The continent’s public health agency said the latest figures showed that 6.5-million cases of Covid-19 had been reported in Africa, out of which some 867 000 people had died
Cameroonian virologist and director of the continent’s public health agency, Dr John Nkengasong, said Africa CDC was confident that the African Union would achieve its vaccination goals by the end of the year.
The African regional director for the World Health Organisation, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said possibly dispensing a third dose would first entail evaluation of its necessity and efficacy. She said it was crucial for African countries to ramp up the rate of vaccinations and increase confidence in the drugs, so that the continent could reach its inoculation targets.
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