COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region - 16 December 2022
As of 4 December 2022, a total of 291 million people in the African Region had completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series, representing 24.9% of the Region’s population. Three countries have surpassed the target of 70% of their population having completed the primary series: Mauritius (86.0%), Liberia (78.9%) and Seychelles (76.7%). One country (Rwanda) is close to this target with 69.4% of people having completed the primary series. Ten other countries have reached targets of between 40% and 70% of people who have completed the primary series: Sierra Leone (40.1%), Eswatini (42.3%), Zambia (44.3%), Lesotho (44.6%), United Republic of Tanzania (44.8%), Sao Tome and Principe (47.3%), Comoros (48.4%), Mozambique (56.1%), Botswana (57.8%) and Cabo Verde (62.8%). Four countries are yet to achieve 10% of people with complete primary series: Burundi (0.2%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (4.7%), Madagascar (6.6%) and Senegal (7.6%). Cameroon and Mali surpassed 10% of people with complete the primary series in November 2022.