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Today, H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed Elfadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs and H.E. Ambassador Yuxi Liu, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to Ethiopia, on behalf of the African Union Commission and the Government of China attended the ground breaking and unveiling ceremony for the China aided Project of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Headquarters building. The event took place in the presence of representatives from the AU Commission, the Government of China, and the Government of Ethiopia.
Speaking on behalf of the African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Commissioner Amira Elfadil thanked the Government of China for offering to construct the building and for their continuous support to the AU. She said the Department of Social Affairs worked with other AU departments and units to ensu
Access, funding hinder Africa’s path to getting Covid-19 vaccine
Tuesday December 15 2020
A woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Free hospital in London on December 8. PHOTO/AFP.
Summary
About 2.3 million people in Africa have contracted Covid-19 to date, of which more than 54,500 have died from the disease.
African countries are grappling with logistics how to distribute the vaccines which so far require ultra-cold temperatures.
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As many countries around the world are making important decisions about who gets vaccinated against Covid-19, Africa is increasingly on a razor edge as access to the vaccine is not guaranteed.
The challenge facing Africa is access: availability of the required vaccine doses and access to financing to make purchases.