Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus Wednesday Dec. 15, 2021. South Africa’s donation will add to the more than 100 million vaccine doses that have been donated to the African Union’s African Vaccination Acquisition Trust. South Africa recorded 24,785 new infections and 36 deaths in the most recent 24-hour reporting cycle. In contrast to many other African countries, South Africa now has adequate supplies of vaccine doses, estimated at 19 million, but the number of people getting vaccinated has slowed dramatically. More than 15 million South Africans are fully vaccinated, representing 38% of the adult population, according to official statistics.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 17, 2021 13:00 UTC