Africa have administered 133,512,902 vaccines doses. Of the numbers, 55,514,315 people have fully been vaccinated – according to WHO.
Oyam – 21, December 2021: Fifty-four (54) African countries will share China’s 1b Sinovac vaccine doses next year, according to the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong.
Zhang says Monday, “Sinovac vaccines (600k) donated by China arrived in Uganda early this morning. This is part of continuous support by China to support the vaccination plan in Uganda.”
“China will provide another 1 billion doses of vaccines to Africa next year,” he adds.
As Africa tries to vaccinate its population against the pandemic with donations from rich nations, there were some concerns the emergence of Omicron variant might jeopardize past gains.
However, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), “There’s no need to panic about the new Omicron variant because we have the tools to fight against COVID-19 and all the different variants.”
Africa CDC reveals vaccines are available and continue to flow around the continent steadily. “We also encourage the public to get vaccinated against the virus because it is the only way to protect yourself.”
WHO data [country passport card]
The World Health Organization (WHO) say 52 out of 54 countries in Africa have administered 133,512,902 vaccines doses. 55,514,315 have fully got vaccinated.
Africa, according to WHO, her 47 countries have since received 67,524,630 doses under COVAX facility. Also, 52 countries on the continent have received 177,479,653 vaccines doses.
Kenya, for example, received 6,425,250 doses and 3,351,109 got their jabs. This represents 52%.
Her neighbor, Tanzania, received 1,169,450 doses and 389,807 is now vaccinated (33%).
Uganda
As of 18 December, Uganda had vaccinated 7,888,584 people against Covid, data from the Ministry of Health shows.
The East African country has since 2019 tested 2,066,294 and lost 3,274 to the pandemic. The cumulative cases stand at 129,319, with total recoveries standing at 98,053.
Out of 6,497 new tests conducted on 18 December, 258 tested positive. The national test positivity rate (TPR) is now 4.0%.
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