Strive Masiyiwa, the coordinator of the African Union on COVVI-19 vaccines, said this Thursday that around six million doses will be delivered to 27 countries in the weeks preceding the end of August.
This will be made at the end of the first shipment of 400 million vaccines from the American pharmaceutical giant. The single injection vaccine should represent half of Africa’s vaccination needs.
Masiyiwa said deliveries will reach 10 million doses per month by September and that this will further increase to 20 million per month in January. By September 2022, the order of 400 million should have been honored.
AU Covid said that only 60 million doses have been administered on the continent of 1.3 billion inhabitants. Many countries, 18 precisely, are still finalizing loans with donors such as the World Bank before being able to make payments.
