COVID-19: 12 million doses of vaccines delivered to 17 African countries
As at today March 6, 2021, 12 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been delivered to 17 million African countries so far through the COVAX equitable distribution program.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Region, Matshidiso Moeti, has confirmed that six of the 17 countries have so far started vaccination.
Majority of the recipients so far are sub-Saharan countries. The most recent recipient of the doses is Djibouti, which is located in the Eastern Mediterranean Region according to WHO classification.
Nigeria has received close to 4 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines which is the highest consignment so far.
Below are the 17 countries that have received the vaccines
Ghana – 600,000 AstraZeneca shots
Ivory Coast – 500,000
Nigeria – 3.92 million
Angola – 624,000
Democratic Republic of Congo – 1,700,000
Kenya – 1,000,000
The Gambia – 36,000
Rwanda – 240,000 AstraZeneca shots, 102,960 Pfizer shots
Djibouti – undisclosed
Sao Tome and Principe’ – 24,000
Senegal- 324,000
Malawi – 360,000
Mali – 396,000
Sudan – 800,000
Uganda – 864,000
Liberia – 96,000
Lesotho – 36,000
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