Earlier this week, the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using doses provided by COVAX began in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, which were later followed by shipment to another 18 countries, mostly in Africa. In the next week, COVAX will deliver 14.4 million doses to a further 31 countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing.
However, the volume of doses being distributed through COVAX is still relatively small, only covering between two and three percent of the population of the countries receiving the vaccines through COVAX, he said.