"Three million doses of vaccines donated by the UK are reaching 11 African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, to help fight Covid-19; this is the first batch of 80 million vaccines being donated through Covax, because we know no one is safe until everyone is safe," announced British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab.
This Friday, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRCongo) will receive 119,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, with a further 119,040 doses arriving in Malawi and 140,160 in Senegal on Sunday, in addition to 299,680 in Egypt on Monday .
"The UK has pledged to share 80 million doses of covid-19 vaccine through Covax as part of a larger effort to share 100 million doses with the rest of the world," the statement added today. disclosed.
In addition to the donation of vaccines, the UK also supports the costs of syringes, safety boxes and air transport, the statement concludes, which emphasizes that "donations through Covax help to increase vaccine coverage, ensure that none dose is wasted and help to end the acute phase of the pandemic."
Africa has recorded 1,134 deaths associated with covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 179,986, and 33,113 newly infected, according to the latest official data released on Thursday.
According to the Africa CDC, the total number of cases on the continent is 7,136,140 and that of recovered is 6,217,218, plus 11,150 in the last 24 hours.
