Timeline of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

Africa opens testing for COVID-19

Feb 13, 2020

17 different African countries now have the facilities for testing for the virus.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

Egypt reports their first coronavirus case

Feb 14, 2020

This was the first reported coronavirus case in all of Africa.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

Confirmed count of global coronavirus cases surpasses 250,000 cases for a single day.

Jun 19, 2020

Daily COVID-19 cases start to see an exponential spike as summer arrives.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

South Africa announces the launch of their first vaccine trial.

Jun 24, 2020

This was the first coronavirus vaccine trial started in Africa. Citation for image:
Nkengasong, J. N., Ndembi, N., Tshangela, A., & Raji, T. (2020, October 6). Covid-19 vaccines: How to ensure Africa has access. Nature News. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02774-8

Polio vaccination efforts are thwarted by the pandemic

Aug 25, 2020

The WHO publicly announced that the pandemic is disrupting polio vaccination efforts. The pandemic as a whole has halted progress of vaccination efforts of many different diseases across the world.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in

COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise exponentially in Africa.

Oct 1, 2020

More than 1.4 million people were known to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Africa, with more than 36,000 deaths. Nkengasong, J. N., Ndembi, N., Tshangela, A., & Raji, T. (2020, October 6). Covid-19 vaccines: How to ensure Africa has access. Nature News. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02774-8

Seychelles becomes the first African country to start vaccinating against COVID-19

Jan 10, 2021

After a long wait, the vaccination rollout in Africa has begun in the country of Seychelles. Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

Ghana receives international shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 24, 2021

Ghana becomes the first African country to receive an international shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, which was done through the COVAX Facility.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

WHO confirms more than 50 million Africans are now vaccinated against COVID-19

Jun 30, 2021

At that time, there were also more than 4 million cases and 10,000 deaths reported in Africa.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

Tanzania receives 1 million vaccine doses from the United States

Jul 24, 2021

Tanzania received a donation of 1 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the United States Government, through COVAX.
Citation for information:
Ryan, M. (Ed.). (2021). Covid-19. Routledge. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=T9UiEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR13&dq=timeline%2Bof%2Bcovid%2Bin%2Bafrica&ots=7stvu4fTVx&sig=MymjLoRlZO83b5FsgzYHriCUawk#v=onepage&q=timeline%20of%20covid%20in%20africa&f=false

Cases and deaths continue to rise in Africa

Jul 25, 2021

22 African countries saw cases rise by over 20% for at least two weeks running in the week to 25 July and reported deaths rose in 17 African countries to nearly 6,300 on the continent in the same week.

The Middle East and North Africa show struggle with vaccine acceptance rates

Jan 11, 2022

Systematic review investigated COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates worldwide based on survey studies by December 2020. Review showed the Middle East and North Africa as struggling with vaccine acceptance rate. Citation for image and information:
Sallam, M., Al-Sanafi, M., & Sallam, M. (2022, January 11). A global map of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates per country. Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760993/