Flavia Senkoboje, President of the Medical Institutes of South Africa, made a statement at the WHO meeting.
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In the statement, emphasizing that the world is facing an increase in new cases due to the Omicron virus, it was stated that the goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the continent by 2024 would not be achieved unless the necessary precautions were taken.
“We will not get out of this if the whole world does not work together,” said Senkoboji, who said that in only 20 of Africa’s 54 countries.
At least 10 percent of the total population could be vaccinated and that at least 2 percent of the entire population could be immunized. In only 10 countries.
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The Director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Achidiso Moeti, rejected allegations that a large number of vaccines sent to Africa were lost, stressing that 434 million vaccines have been sent to Africa so far, and only 910 thousand of them can be used because their date is too late.
