Fifteen of the continent's 54 nations have managed to vaccinate at least 10 percent of their people, achieving the global goal for September 30.
Brazzaville, Congo - Just 2 percent of the population, or less, have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in half of the countries in Africa, the World Health Organisation says.
"The latest data shows modest gains but there is still a long way to go to reach the WHO target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of the population by the end of the year," said Richard Mihigo, the World Health Organisation's vaccination coordinator in Africa. Most of the African countries that have met, or bettered the 10 percent goal have relatively small populations.
In Morocco, 48 percent of the population have received two Covid-19 jabs while the figures are above 20 percent in Tunisia, Comoros and Cape Verde.
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