Tanzania’s health minister said earlier this month the country has no plans to procure Covid-19 vaccines. For the Covid-19 vaccine, this is being done through the WHO Emergency Use Listing procedure. On one hand, the government has said that it doesn’t plan to order vaccines through Covax – a global initiative aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines – or any other mechanism. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Malawi have all frantically been trying to get their hands on Covid-19 vaccines for their citizens. But African countries will only have a widely available vaccine late next year or even in 2023.

Source: The Star February 21, 2021 11:03 UTC