Two-Thirds Of Africans Will Accept COVID-19 Vaccines – Report

The latest survey by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has shown two-thirds of Africans have expressed willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

The findings of the report released by the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to covid-19 (PERC) Consortium, noted in the 19 member countries surveyed, 91 percent surveyed in Morocco were most interested in receiving the vaccines while Tunisia and Cameroon had the lowest number at 35 percent.

The report disclosed levels of acceptability in other countries as: South Africa (61 percent); Zimbabwe (61 percent); Zambia (53 percent); Mozambique (75 Percent); Egypt (78 percent); the Democratic Republic of Congo (52 percent) and Nigeria (72 percent).

The consortium is made up of public health organisations such as the Africa Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention; Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies; the World Health Organization; the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team; the World Economic Forum and private sector firms such as market research company, Ipsos.

The Africa CD recommended that African countries should continue the rollout of the vaccines.

The report was presented during a webinar hosted by the African Centre for Diseases Control, public strategy firm, Gatefield and the Global Health Advocacy Incubato to train journalists on covid-19 vaccines safety, effectiveness and distribution.