The COVID-19 pandemic is still a threat in Africa, the acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reminded everyone on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the end of the pandemic was now in sight.
But the African public health agency does not intend to ease the pressure on vaccination, especially since less than 23% of the African population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
" The virus is still circulating and, given the low vaccination rates, the pandemic is still very much present on the continent ," Ahmed Ogwell Ouma said at a press conference.
The acting director of the Africa CDC , Ahmed Ogwell Ouma , clarified that "protection levels are still relatively low," adding that the agency is striving to fully vaccinate as many people as possible on the continent, rather than procuring new vaccines targeting specific variants like Omicron.
According to data in the latest bulletin from the World Health Organization , during the week of September 5-11, a 10% increase in deaths compared to the previous period was observed on the African continent. However, these figures are very low (57 deaths).
