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Africa CDC Criticizes UK For Not Recognizing Vaccines

Africa CDC Criticizes UK For Not Recognizing Vaccines

The director of the African Union Centre for Disease Prevention Control (Africa CDC) today criticised the UK’s decision not to recognise vaccines administered in several African countries because it “creates confusion” and shows a lack of solidarity.

“We do not understand why the UK has taken this decision because it was a key partner in providing vaccines to countries, we use them and now they do not recognise people who have been immunised with these same vaccines, this creates confusion and matches the need for solidarity and cooperation, it does not contribute to getting us out of the pandemic,” said John Ngenkasong.

Responding to questions from journalists during the weekly press conference to present the epidemiological situation of covid-19 on the continent, the official added: “We are not at the level of speculation on whether we should come out of the pandemic together or not, the variants are challenging, we really need to be more cooperative and have more solidarity and not send confusing messages that undermine Africa’s efforts” to overcome the pandemic.

“We regret that the UK has this position and we will ask them to review it,” Ngenkasong concluded, reacting to the British Government’s decision to create a list of countries excluded from automatic recognition of vaccines for entry purposes, not only in Africa but also in other regions.

On the vaccination process on the continent, the Africa CDC director said 181 million doses have already been purchased by countries, of which 136 million have already been administered.

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“The number of people with two doses, that is, the complete vaccination, represents 4% of the population and we see good progress in several countries, such as in Morocco, where 48% of the population is completely vaccinated, and in Tunisia, with 21%,” said Ngenkasong.

The resumption of exports of vaccines produced in India, international donations and the start of deliveries from the Mastercard Foundation will be important to achieve the goal of having at least 60% of the population vaccinated by the end of next year, concluded the Africa CDC director.

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