The World Health Organization said that the third wave of Covid-19 ravaging Africa is stabilizing due to the increase of pace in the continent’s vaccination drive.
Around 248,000 new cases were reported last week, down from 282,000 in mid-July, while the number of vaccinations tripled to 13 million, according to WHO’s regional director Matshidiso Moeti.
Africa has been experiencing a third wave of infections since May, putting stress on health systems in several countries where vaccination rates are much lower than Europe and North America.
Initially, the WHO’s COVAX donor scheme was hoping to vaccinate 20% of people in Africa this year, but due to delays, the WHO says it hopes to inoculate 10% of Africa’s 1.3 billion population by the end of the year.
“117 million doses are due to arrive in the coming month and up to 34 million additional doses will be needed to reach that target,” Moeti said.
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