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Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a growing arsenal of tools to fight the virus. But we are still lacking a truly global and equitable response to help find a way out of the pandemic.

Africa is intensifying COVID-19 vaccination of high-risk population groups with some promising signs. Nearly 50% of health workers and people over the age of 60 are fully vaccinated

South Africa on Saturday hailed a WTO agreement to allow developing countries to start producing their own COVID vaccines following a near two-year battle.

Africa is intensifying COVID-19 vaccination of high-risk population groups with some promising signs. Nearly 50% of health workers and people over the age of 60 are fully vaccinated against the virus in countries reporting data to World Health Organization (WHO).

Equitable access to tools; health financing; the WHO's role in surveillance, detection and alert; political leadership; and preparedness, are the recommendations to fix a still broken public health system.

"Although the country recently scrapped the compulsory wearing of masks in public, people with comorbidities and those who are ill are encouraged to continue wearing a mask," the Cabinet statement said.

Seychelles is set to start issuing COVID-19 vaccination certificates or QR codes at the health centre level across the country following vaccinations as of August 1, a health official said on Monday.

On the margins of the Third (3rd) Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Youth Symposium, the President of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Museveni pledged support to the African Union(AU) COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa initiative which aims to accelerate the number of vaccinations to 70% across the African continent by the end of 2022.

To help improve COVID-19 vaccination rates across Africa, stakeholders may consider improving research efforts to gain a better understanding of barriers and drivers behind population vaccine uptake.

COVID-19 vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries is increasing at a steady pace, but remains lower than higher-income nations.