vaccine administered against COVID-19 in Africa Last June, they increased by 74% from the previous month after a steady three-month decline between March and May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
This increase was due to massive campaigns vaccination in 16 countries and pushed six countries to exceed the critical control point, when more than 10% of their total population is on the primary full-dose series, the WHO said in a statement.
This advance reduced the number of countries in the category below 10% from fourteen to eight, the agency said. UNpointing out that among the peoples who intensified campaigns vaccination in June – Tanzania and South Sudan.
As of July 10, 282 million people on the continent have completed their primary series, representing 21.1% of the African population and a 10% increase in dose since the beginning of the year.
Covax increased reach
In addition, more than 892 million vaccines were delivered to Africa, 64% of which came from the COVACSwhich sets in motion WHO, among other entities.
“This increase in vaccination coverage shows that African countries remain committed to vaccinating against COVID-19,” said Africa Director WHO, Matshidiso Moeti.
“This is reassuring because vaccination remains the most effective tool in our response to COVID-19 on the continent,” Moeti added.
Several countries that stepped up their vaccination response in 2021 have made notable progress in expanding primary series coverage over the past six months, including Ethiopia from 3.5% to 33%, Côte d’Ivoire (from 9% to 25, 8%), Zambia (from 3.5% to 25.2%) and Uganda (from 4.4% to 25.5%).
To date, about 11.9 million cases COVID-19 have been reported across the continent, of which nearly 255,000 have resulted in death, according to the latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Africa (Africa CDC), a body owned by the African Union (AU).
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