The East African
Friday January 08 2021
Overall, willingness, or not, to take the vaccine depended mostly on trust as well as perceptions of its importance, safety, and efficacy, study says. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
On average 18 percent of Africans believe vaccines generally are not safe and 25 percent think that a Covid-19 vaccine would be unsafe.
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At least eight in 10 people would take a Covid-19 vaccine if it was publicly available and deemed safe and effective, a survey carried out in several African countries shows.
Overall, willingness, or not, to take the vaccine depended mostly on trust as well as perceptions of its importance, safety, and efficacy, according to a survey by the study by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Orb international.
5,000 deaths and 400,000 COVID infections in UK in first week of 2021
In the first seven days of this year, 4,952 people have died in Britain from COVID-19, with 400,639 newly infected.
At the height of the pandemic in April over 1,000 people were regularly reported dead in daily tallies. This grim milestone was passed again Wednesday, with 1,041 dead. This was the 10th time during the pandemic that more than 1,000 people had died in a single day.
The same day, the UK entered lockdown after new national restrictions were agreed by MPs.
Sir Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of National Health Service England, speaking at the Downing Street press briefing on January 7, 2020 (picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street-FlickR)
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