‘Anxiety and stress’ as vaccine shortfall hits Africa’s inoculation drive

‘Anxiety and stress’ as vaccine shortfall hits Africa’s inoculation drive

After a stressful year working as a doctor at Kenya’s largest public hospital in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ngala Mwendwa got his first dose of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) vaccine in March and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Indian-manufactured shot was supplied by COVAX, a global vaccine initiative that’s been a lifeline for poor African nations. But with India now engulfed in its own crisis, Mwendwa has no idea when he will get his second dose.

“It’s just the way we are disadvantaged as a third world country,” he told Reuters after a shift in Kenyatta National Hospital’s paediatric…

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