Events

The briefing on Thursday will focus on the regular update of the COVID-19 situation and other key aspects of the pandemic across the continent. The Director will also highlight key activities of Africa CDC in support of the ongoing AU summit.

Thursday’s briefing will focus on the encouraging increase in the rate of COVID-19 vaccination across Member States and highlight the importance of scaling up rapid antigen test across the continent holding to the potential increase in cases following the end-of-year holiday celebrations.

MEDIA ADVISORY

Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Africa

Thursday’s briefing will focus on the ongoing debate about the Omicron variant and what are the scientific facts so far. There will also be highlights on the upcoming conference happening in Rwanda next week to give update about progress on vaccine manufacturing in Africa.

This serves to inform all members of the media that the Africa CDC weekly press briefing to share updates on COVID-19 response in Africa will NOT hold for this week, as the director, Dr John Nkengasong is unavailable.