Africa concerned it may be neglected when coronavirus vaccinations start

A child walks past a Covid-19 graffiti in Soweto’s Orlando West township near Johannesburg (Jerome Delay/AP)

Vaccinations against Covid-19 in Africa might not start until the second quarter of next year, the continent’s top public health official said, adding that it will be “extremely dangerous” if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with proof of a vaccination.

The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters that “I have seen how Africa is neglected when drugs are available” in the past.