Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Africa’s vaccination rate lags at 8% as booster doses deepen inequity and other stories
Today’s episode looks at the slow vaccination rate in Africa, the postponement of elections in Libya, and an end to the Kellogg’s strike
Less than 2% people are fully vaccinated in Africa while US calls for a third dose
The total COVID-19 cases in Africa has now crossed 7.5 million, yet less than 2% of the continent’s population has been vaccinated
Less than 2% vaccinated even as COVID-19 cases cross 7.1 million in Africa
Despite the recently increased supply, the continent suffers a severe shortage of vaccines due to stockpiling by wealthier countries and the credit rating agencies’ practice of disproportionately downgrading developing countries during the pandemic
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- Argentine unions call another general strike for May 9
- German police shut down pro-Palestine conference
- Milei celebrates violent repression of thousands protesting hunger in Argentina
- Israel killed three sons of lead Hamas negotiator Ismail Haniyeh in an airstrike
