Kenya and Nigeria are the two African countries set to receive Covid-19 vaccines by Tuesday via Covax, the global vaccine-sharing programme. Read More“Healthcare workers and other frontline workers in 47 counties will receive the vaccine in the county referral hospitals,” said Kagwe. Nigeria will also receive 3.92m vaccine doses, becoming the fourth African country to benefit from the Covax facility. According to WHO Africa, around 24 more countries are expected to start receiving vaccines via Covax next week. Covax facility aims at delivering at least 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of 2021.

Source: Standard Digital March 01, 2021 11:01 UTC