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Senegal will receive its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in March, according to a report by the Xinhua news agency, a China-based agency.
According to the report, Senegal will receive the first doses of COVID-19 after authorization from the World Health Organization (WHO). Mamadou Ndiaye, Director of Prevention at Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Social Action, reportedly released confirmation of having received the first doses in March.
Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Senegal’s Minister of Health and Social, reportedly said that the West African country has not yet chosen a vaccine, but that the country participates in the international process of buying vaccines by groups.
However, a survey conducted by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Africa, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) showed that an average of 79% of respondents in Africa they would have the COVID-19 vaccine. if it is considered safe and effective.
The survey, which was released on Thursday, interviewed more than 15,000 adults in 2002 between August and December. The 18-year-old interviewers were from different countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Tunisia, and Senegal, as per CDC.
According to data released by Worldometers, Senegal has registered 17,451 COVID-19 cases since March, while 355 are dead with 16,384 registered recovered from the virus.
