{"id":9722,"date":"2022-09-15T14:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/covid-19-is-still-a-threat-in-africa"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:54:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T14:54:51","slug":"covid-19-is-still-a-threat-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/covid-19-is-still-a-threat-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 is still a threat in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The <b>Covid-19<\/b> pandemic is still a threat in Africa given the low vaccination rates according to the acting head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (<b>Africa CDC<\/b>).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a news conference on Thursday Ahmed Ogwell Ouma added that just over <b>22%<\/b> of Africa&#8217;s population is <b>fully vaccinated<\/b> which means the virus is still active on the Continent.<\/p>\n<p>The acting director&#8217;s comments appeared to contradict earlier comments by the head of the <b>World Health Organization<\/b> Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that the <b>end<\/b> of the COVID pandemic was now in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Th Africa CDC acting director added that his agency would continue focusing on getting as many people on the continent as possible fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>African countries struggled to secure early supplies of COVID vaccines as rich nations <b>hoarded doses<\/b>, and more recently <b>vaccine hesitancy<\/b> and logistics problems have made it difficult to get shots into arms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. The Covid-19 pandemic is still a threat in Africa given the low vaccination rates according to the acting head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). 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