Irish Examiner view: Malaria breakthrough sparks hope for Africa

Other vaccines are in the pipeline.

One of the consequences of the focus on combatting Covid is that the fight against malaria has stalled. Yet malaria is far more deadly in Africa, killing 386,000 people in 2019 compared to 212,000 Covid deaths in the past 18 months according to the World Health Organisation. 

Children under the age of five account for two thirds of fatalities worldwide.