Nigeria, April 8 -- Less than two per cent of the 690 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered globally have been in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, the international health agency said about 45 African countries have received vaccines and 43 of them have commenced vaccinations.

It also said nearly 13 million of the 31.6 million doses delivered to Africa so far have been administered. Nigeria has vaccinated almost one million people.

However, the pace of vaccine rollout is not uniform across the continent with 93 per cent of the doses given in 10 countries, according to the agency.

"Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond...