South Africa has reached the globalCovid-19vaccination target in May, according to the World Health Assembly.
The rest of Africa is reportedly set to miss the vaccination global goal.
SA set a formidable target of reaching herd immunity.
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The aim was to vaccinate 40 million people by the end of 2021.
Deputy PresidentDavid Mabuzamade the announcement while visiting a township in Gauteng.
This was announced by Deputy President David Mabuza while visiting Kagiso township west of Johannesburg.
SA is one of nine countries in Africa to hit the vaccination target set out. Image: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo ImagesSource: Getty Images
A report byIOLstated more than 143 million vaccine doses have made their way toAfrica.
The cumulative number of people vaccinated is 39 million; this is just 3% of Africa’s population.
Last month, 21 million doses arrived in the connect.
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One of the reasons is a lack of relevant information about the vaccine.
so that achieve this, the country would need to vaccinate 250 000 people per day.
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