FRANCE 24 spoke to Professor Yap Boum, representative of Epicentre, the research arm of Doctors Without Borders, about the evolution of the pandemic on the continent.
A strong advocate for vaccine equality, the UN organisation is concerned about the slow deployment of jabs on the African continent, where only 11.3% of the population is fully vaccinated -- despite a considerable increase in doses in recent months.
"Vaccination rates must increase sixfold if the continent is to reach the 70% coverage target set for the end of the first semester of 2022," the WHO warned in early February.
https://amp.france24.com/en/africa/20220219-covid-19-in-africa-the-doses-are-here-but-vaccine-hesitancy-remains-high
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