This is where Africa is at with Covid-19 vaccinations, and it’s not good

Only 12% of people are fully vaxxed, with some countries administering less than five shots per 100 people

17 February 2022 - 19:45 By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala and Fred Ojambo

African governments are playing catch-up in vaccinating their populations against Covid-19, with just 12% of the continent’s 1.3-billion people fully inoculated so far...

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