With the Omicron variant dominating COVID-19 discussions, a new report, released yesterday, indicated that Nigerians and other African nationals were overwhelmingly willing to get vaccinated. The report, from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC), stressed that across 19 countries, 78 per cent of people surveyed showed serious interest in vaccination. The latest PERC report considered why global vaccination efforts have been plagued by inequity, besides the logistical challenges to vaccinating the continent. “A number of bottlenecks have contributed to the failure to achieve higher vaccination coverage. When offered, vaccination is frequently inconvenient, requiring people to travel far distances or visit vaccination sites at inopportune times,” the report added.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2021 03:34 UTC