The Africa CDC today urged African countries outside South
Africa to proceed with the rollout of the Oxford- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The African Union’s disease control body gave the advice on
Thursday.
Director John Nkengasong said countries that have not
reported the circulation of the 501Y.V2 coronavirus variant first identified in
South Africa, are free to use the vaccine.
For countries that have reported circulation of the 501Y.V2
variant, they should accelerate their preparedness to introduce all vaccines
that have received emergency use authorisation, Nkengasong told a news
conference.
“Consideration should be given to the effectiveness of the
vaccine against the 501Y.V2variant,” Nkengasong said.
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