JOHANNESBURG - Africa has only received 10 million of the 600 million COVID-19 vaccine doses it needs. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says if the situation does not improve, it will hit the continent’s economic growth severely and curb anti-poverty efforts. While extreme poverty has almost vanished in North Africa, more than 50 percent of the population in Central Africa live below the extreme poverty line. The UNECA’s Executive Secretary Vera Songwe says the poor vaccine availability for Africa is worrying. We're ready to buy the vaccines [but] we cannot find the vaccines," Songwe says.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 20, 2021 05:47 UTC