Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal

Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal
Africa is set to miss the urgent global goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10% of every country’s population against COVID-19 by the end of September. Forty-two of Africa’s 54 nations—nearly 80%—are set to miss the target if the current pace of vaccine deliveries and vaccinations hold, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows. 

EU and WHO setting up a molecular diagnostic laboratory in Wau for the detection of COVID-19

The strengthening of the health laboratory in Wau is part of a much wider commitment of the European Union to assist the population in the entire South Sudan, said Wim Vandenbroucke, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to the Republic of South Sudan

Juba, 1 September 2021 – The European Union (EU) and WHO establishes molecular diagnostic laboratory in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal State to increase testing capacity for COVID-19 and other high-threat infectious diseases.

In light of the efforts to expand COVID-19 testing in the Greater Bahr el Ghazal Region, a Polymerase Chain Reaction (‎PCR)‎ machine and other molecular laboratory accessories have been procured and installed for early diagnosis and commencement of specific interventions for diseases control.