Africa Business Radio

The World Health Organization says African countries will receive over 100 million doses of Covid vaccines less than they were to get from Covax by the end of the year.WHO says Africa was to receive 520 million doses by December. So far Covax has been able to deliver more than five million doses.The UN global sharing scheme says bilateral deals that manufacturing companies have with rich countries, as well as delays in regulatory approvals, are partly to blame for the reduced target.Out of the 54 countries, only 12 will achieve a global target of vaccinating 10% of their population by the end of September.