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African vaccine delivery is slowed by India s second wave

Michael Ciaglo, Getty Images via AFP Delays in coronavirus vaccine shipments to Africa are expected to continue this month. This after India temporarily banned exports of the shots as it grapples with a severe second wave of infections. Less than 2% of the 690 million doses administered globally have been in Africa.  Delays in coronavirus vaccine shipments to Africa are expected to continue this month after India temporarily banned exports of the shots as it grapples with a severe second wave of infections. Most African countries are largely dependent on Covax, a global initiative meant to provide equitable access to vaccines that’s backed by the World Health Organization. Covax is reliant on AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 shot and leans on the Serum Institute of India to manufacture its allotments.

Nigeria Receives 100k Doses Of India s Covishield Vaccines

Spread the love (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, confirmed this on Tuesday at the national briefing by the PTF in Abuja. HE said: “As you are aware, Nigeria received 3.94 million doses of the COVID-19 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on March 2, 2021. “These vaccines represented the first tranche of about 16 million doses allocated to Nigeria through the COVAX facility, aimed at vaccinating an initial 20 per cent of the population. “More vaccines are also expected from the African Union’s Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT).

African Bloc Drops Oxford COVID-19 Jab for US Rival Yet to See Mass Production

African Bloc Drops Oxford COVID-19 Jab for US Rival Yet to See Mass Production © REUTERS / TIKSA NEGERI Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/africa/202104081082573789-african-bloc-drops-oxford-covid-19-jab-for-us-rival-yet-to-see-mass-production/ The African Union s vaccine task team had already announced a deal with US firm Johnson & Johnson for up to 400 million vaccines, most of which it said would be made by a South African firm that donated to the president s leadership campaign and which has not yet even begun production. The African Union (AU) has ditched the COVID-19 Oxford jab from India in favour of South African production of a US vaccine that has yet to even begin.

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