Africa will need 20million doses of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in the next six weeks, for those with their first shot to get their second in time, according to the World Health Organisation.
Two doses of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine are needed between eight to twelve weeks apart, to achieve an eighty one percent protection rate.
Africa’s vaccine rollout is facing delays due to an export ban imposed by India, the main supplier of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine.