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Africa Working With Private Sector, China, Cuba and Russia to Secure Vaccines

Anita Powell

   JOHANNESBURG - African officials say they are working to acquire
   hundreds of millions of vaccine doses for the continent over the next
   year and are urging African solidarity in the battle against
   coronavirus.

   Africa has seen 3.4 million confirmed cases since the virus arrived
   last February. Since then, Dr. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian
   virologist, director of the [1]Africa Centres for Disease Control and
   Prevention (Africa CDC), says health facilities across the vast
   continent have conducted 30 million tests -- the bulk of them in 10
   countries, including South Africa, the continent's coronavirus hotspot.

   Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and Uganda also conducted tests.

References

   1. https://africacdc.org/

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