Africa’s Vaccination Rates

African countries have been shortchanged with regard to their access to Covid-19 vaccines, the president of the African Development Bank said. Only 2.48% of the continent has been fully vaccinated as of Aug. 23, far behind other continents. In comparison, vaccination rates stand at 25.31% in Asia and 27.1% in South America, while Europe and North America’s inoculation rates are above 40%. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said countries in the continent had received 123.4 million vaccines as of Aug. 18. The shots have been secured through bilateral agreements, the global Covax alliance that seeks to provide vaccines to poorer countries, and the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team.