Africa Business Radio

The Africa director of the World Health Organization says COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa have tripled during the past week, though protecting even 10 per cent of the continent by the end of September remains a very daunting task.Matshidiso Moeti told reporters that this is a preventable tragedy if African countries can get fair access to vaccines.The WHO Africa director says 13 million doses were administered in the past week, three times more than the number of shots given in the previous week as donations of doses increased from developed countries.