Kenya: The African Union special envoy tasked with leading efforts to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the continent is blasting Europe as Africa struggles amid a crushing third surge of infections, saying Thursday that "not one dose, not one vial, has left a European factory for Africa. "He stressed that Africa has purchased 400 million vaccine doses and can buy more, but he challenged donors: "Pay up your money ... We will no longer measure pledges, we will measure vaccines arriving at our airports. But at mid-year, Africa has received just 65 million doses overall. Less than 50 million doses via COVAX have arrived. "We don't want to be seen as the continent of COVID ... (In Europe) the stadiums are full of young people shouting and hugging, we can't do that in Africa.

Source: Economic Times July 01, 2021 11:00 UTC