Africa to be a priority for G7's donated Covid-19 vaccine doses - WHO
In this March 5, 2021, file photo, a hospital security guard receives one of Kenya's first AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Photo: AP/UNB
Africa will get priority treatment for the Group of Seven's pledged 870 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, a senior World Health Organization adviser said on Monday.
"You will see that Africa is one of the most vulnerable, under-served (areas), so the priority would be for doses to go... to the African continent writ large. Those numbers will be sorted out the coming weeks," Bruce Aylward, a senior WHO adviser and coordinator of the ACT (Access to Covid-19 Tools) Accelerator, told an online news briefing from Geneva.
