According to the World Bank, in addition to the $9.5 billion needed to purchase enough vaccine to ensure sufficient protection against COVID-19, a further $3 billion will be required to finance vaccination operations.
Thanks to the COVAX Mechanism, some 60 million doses should be received in the coming weeks through vaccine purchase programs or donations from the USA, Team Europe, the UK and other partners. In all, more than 500 million doses will be delivered through COVAX alone this year.
” A massive influx of doses means that Africa must do its utmost to ensure a vaccine deployment operation five to six times faster, in order to be able to administer all these doses and fully vaccinate the 10 % of most vulnerable Africans by the end of September “, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa.
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