Africa News of Thursday, 10 December 2020Source: GNAAfrican countries to get COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021A platform called the COVAX facility has been developed with 186 countries on boardAfrican countries will have access to the COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021, said a special envoy of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday. "As long as one person has it (COVID-19) in the world, no one is safe. A platform called the COVAX facility has been developed with 186 countries on board, she noted, saying that the parties interested in serving the poor countries include 92 countries, for which resources have been raised in an attempt to distribute the vaccines quickly. "I think the COVAX facility can cover about 20 percent to 23 percent of the population by the end of next year," Okonjo-Iweala said. According to the AU envoy, Africans are blessed for not having the same incidence rate of COVID-19 as those of other continents.

Source: GhanaWeb December 10, 2020 17:37 UTC