When the first vaccine doses arrived in Kenya in early March, there was widespread hesitancy to receive them, even among doctors, according to Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda, the secretary-general of the Kenyan medical workers’ union. And the African Union is shifting its focus to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which could add to the problem. In African countries, public confusion over whether to get inoculated, and if so when and where to do so, has contributed to the expiration of doses. The problem is not unique to African countries. But African countries face far more serious supply shortages.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2021 18:00 UTC