According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Tunisia is on the list of African countries that have been able to achieve the global goal of vaccination against Covid-19. It is part of a group of 10 countries including Seychelles, Cape Verde, South Africa and Morocco, who have been able to reach the global target of vaccinating 10% of the most vulnerable groups against Covid-19 by the end of September, according to data collected by the WHO and published on the United Nations website (UN Info).
At the current rate, three other African countries (Comoros, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe) are also expected to reach it. Two others could achieve it if they speed up vaccinations.
However, the WHO warns that nearly 80% of the African continent, or eight out of ten African countries, will not reach the global goal of vaccinating a tenth of their population against Covid-19 by the end of September, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday, or 42 out of 54 countries.
According to the WHO’s Africa Regional Director, Matshidiso Moeti, quoted by AFP, the reasons for this decline in vaccination is mainly “the monopolization of vaccines that has delayed Africa and we urgently need an increased number of vaccines”. She said African countries “need to step up their efforts as new doses arrive.”
The World Organization revealed that “21 million doses of vaccines arrived in Africa in August via the Covax mechanism”, a mechanism that aims to provide covid-19 vaccines “to the poorest countries”.
According to the same source, “Africa could receive enough doses to reach the 10% target” with deliveries of new doses of vaccines expected to take place in September.
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