Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama have said the African continent is lagging behind in terms of COVID-19 vaccination.
According to him, “this calls for a radical shift in strategy- a concerted efforts by governments to secure and vaccinate their populations, while educating them to strictly observe all preventive protocols“.
While speaking at the African Economic Congress 2021 opening ceremony in Nigeria, Mr. Mahama revealed that the, “the World Health Organization (WHO) as of the 10th of October 2021 estimated that the cumulative number of infections on the African continent will be in the region of 59 million“.
He added that “by the same date, coronavirus cases globally were over 241 million, and had led to over 4.9 million deaths. The overall deaths due to coronavirus in Africa surpasses 216,000. Approximately 219 million people recovered from the disease“.
