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Covid 19 coronavirus: How South Africa s hope of imminent vaccine relief crumbled
9 Feb, 2021 01:47 AM
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A paramedic Clive Maleso waits to transfer a Covid-19 patient from his home to the hospital in Lenasia, South Africa. Photo / AP
A paramedic Clive Maleso waits to transfer a Covid-19 patient from his home to the hospital in Lenasia, South Africa. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Benjamin Mueller
A finding that the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine had little effect on a fast-spreading coronavirus variant was baleful news for poorer countries counting on the shot. The infectious disease doctor in Johannesburg thought that he and his
Africa is being left behind in the Covid vaccine race, despite a surge in coronavirus cases CNN 2/5/2021 By Eoin McSweeney and Nyasha Chingono, CNN © SIPHIWE SIBEKO/POOL/AFP/Getty Images One of the first South African Oxford vaccine trialists looks on as a medical worker injects him in Soweto on June 24
African nations are being left behind in obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as richer countries stockpile vaccines and prioritize their own populations despite a surge in cases and a new variant affecting the continent.
On Monday, South Africa took delivery of its first million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, with another 500,000 expected later this month. It will begin inoculating health workers in February, the health ministry told CNN, becoming one of the first countries in Africa to receive large doses of the Covid-19 vaccines.