142 countries to receive 237 million COVAX jabs by May

Some 237 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to 142 countries by the end of May through the COVAX facility, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told a news conference that vaccine deliveries were planned on Tuesday to Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo said his West African country, which has begun its innoculation campaign with COVAX doses, aimed to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2021.

African countries that have so far received allocations are:

Ghana - 600,000 doses
Ivory Coast - Over 500,000 doses
Nigeria - 3,920,000 doses
Angola - 624,000 doses
Kenya - expecting over one million doses

Angola???????? is the latest country in #Africa to receive #COVID19 vaccines! Each new delivery marks an advance towards defeating this pandemic which has held lives & economies hostage for too long. https://t.co/z2oeLy4avX

— Dr Matshidiso Moeti (@MoetiTshidi) March 2, 2021