Vaccines are not yet Africa’s way out of the pandemic as it may be weeks or even months before first doses start to arrive, health officials said on December 14, after the African Union secured 270 million doses for the continent where about 30 000 people a day are becoming infected.
The 270 million shots, if administered two per person, would only cover around 10% of Africa’s roughly 1.3 billion people. “We should not see vaccines as a magic bullet for now, it will take time for vaccines to be rolled out in a way that we have herd immunity,” said Nkengasong.MANAGE DISAPPOINTMENT Nkengasong said nations should start placing orders and approve the vaccines as a bloc or blocs, to accelerate getting doses out. “There is a fierce urgency,” he said.The Africa CDC boss brushed aside concerns that lack of ultra-cold chain storage infrastructure would stop countries buying and using vaccines needing to be kept at extremely low temperatures – Pfizer’s and Moderna’s.
500billion was perfect for our South African vacancies to be established. Now we are waiting for unknown 1,2,3,4,5,6,7........waves of this covid-19. African leadership have some covid brain stop corruption as early as possible or you will be a minister at graveyard.
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