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Africa: Who Director-General’s Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On Covid-19 – 1 March 2021

[WHO] Today, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire started vaccinating health workers against COVID-19, becoming the first countries to begin vaccination campaigns with doses supplied through COVAX. A further 11 million doses will be delivered this week.

Africa: Covid-19 Oxygen Emergency Impacting More Than Half a Million People in Low – and Middle-Income Countries Every Day, As Demand Surges

[WHO] More than half a million COVID-19 patients in LMICs estimated to need oxygen treatment every day.

Africa: Over 500,000 Covid-19 Patients in Low-Income Countries Need Oxygen Treatment Daily

[WHO] Since the start of the pandemic, affordable and sustainable access to oxygen has been a growing challenge in low- and middle-income countries. COVID-19 has put huge pressure on health systems, with hospitals in many LMICs running out of oxygen, r...

Africa: WHO Lists Two Additional COVID-19 Vaccines for Emergency Use and COVAX Roll-out

[WHO] Geneva -- AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks