(CNN) As an acute asthma sufferer, who is also on medication to control hypertension, I have been ultra-careful since Covid-19 first hit South Africa early last year. And still, compared to the rest of the continent, South Africa's vaccination rate was lower than its neighbors' rate. South Africa accounts for 43% of confirmed Covid-19 deaths but only 3% of vaccinations in Africa," reported the Daily Maverick. As of July 9, the vaccination rate in South Africa had improved to seven vaccinations per 100 people, according to a CNN barometer tracking worldwide vaccinations. But it is too late to help with the third wave of Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths that has South Africa by the throat.

Source: CNN July 11, 2021 21:22 UTC