ad on children and adolescents now, but i will take it. i was given orders. we have all the beliefs in risk of reopening schools is lower than the risk children and adolescents already running by keeping them out of school. education is not only about knowledge, it's about learning. social skills is the question of development. it's a matter of reaching wants potential in life. and we have to prioritize this though . most schools in mexico began welcoming students on monday morning. many others have decided not to reopen thomas l. the edison elementary in get little state is among those choosing to keep their doors close until corona virus. contagion, rates in the state are adequately reduced. monumental up a little al jazeera mexico city. ah, i'm not inside with a headline own elgin's era. the last american troops have left combo marking the

end of 20 years of war in afghanistan on the last see 17 transport plane took off the clearing off space before the u. s. made the announcement i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan in the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens for a country nationals and vulnerable afghans. last c, 17 lifted off from hammered cars, international airport on august 30th this afternoon. at 3 29 pm east coast time. and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the air space above afghanistan. on the taliban hail the departure of us troops describing it as a historic moment saying i've got to stop has now gained full independence. celibacy gum fine, far west, ahead across couple us actually state antony blink and says, if working with the new afghan government will serve the country, washington will do it. we did with the taliban during the past few weeks to enable our evacuation operations going forward. and even gauge with the taliban,

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50 percent of adults in europe, us and the u. k. have now been fully vaccinated. vaccination rates remain extremely low in countries across africa. but few of the 2 percent of the continents people have been fully vaccinated. the african union of the world health organization has played a central role in the vaccination effort across the continent. but $47.00 of africa, $54.00 countries, are expected to miss september's target of vaccinating 10 percent of the citizens. so how can we bridge the vaccine gap, threatening the african continent, but what plans are in place to increase the number of vaccines heading to the region? the director of the africa centers for disease control and prevention. but the john king of song talks to al jazeera. ah, the john then came to sol, director of africa center for disease control and prevention. thank you for talking

to us on al jazeera, who just begin with your overall assessment of the code. 19 vaccine rollout across the continent. what are your initial impressions? the rule out of the cupboard, 19 vaccine on the continent has been to this appointment as we speak today. less than 2 percent of the eligible population in africa have been a fully vast knitted, which is very unfortunate if you read nice that we have to elise, immunize up to about 70 percent of our population. and we have less than 2 percent . that tells you that we have an incredibly long journey to go to get to where we have to be. so it has been total. ready disappointment haven't set that is because as you know, the african bucks in a position test team has now signed

a contract of about $400000000.00 use of johnson and johnson vaccines will delivery it about 2 weeks ago. so where we remain optimistic that are due to challenges and numbers, we are making some progress in broad brush strikes. why has it been so bad for africa? was we've seen europe do incredibly well. it has been challenging to africa because we did not produce vaccines. we were hoping and relying on us facility, which is a mechanism that was set up by gobby. what had organization coalition for academic preparedness, innovation to have about sins, distribute them in a timely fashion and the country, and how many countries that actually contribute money into their cobra? ended up buying most vaccines. so it became a very challenging situation for the continent. was the kofax scheme and sort of

the un auspices, a disappointment or a failure because it hasn't really helped africa and the way it should have, i would say that the principles behind callbacks that is to acquire back since their basket, and then made it available to. ready me test such and in a timely fashion, the principal, under values, the values of corporation, their values of solidity were phone bet. it wasn't, implement edition didn't really follow through it because of what i just explained earlier. that there countries that mid pledges committed to supporting cobra. ended up buying most of the vaccine so it became very challenging for a callback to get the situation in india. and that was caused by the baby and that emerged. it made it so that the government of india imposed on the

export of boxes, especially to esther the nick of actions from india. so that made a situation very complex. it does raise the question, doesn't as a sort of vaccine equity, because that's been a huge talking point. this last for 18 months of the pandemic for global leaders, you know, in the western developed world, one might say they failed africa because one has to get african leaders to push. you might say, the developed world and politicians to listen to africa to help africa. and to make sure that the voice is heard in terms of getting the vaccine and africa has been failed when he, by those promises that haven't been fulfilled by developed countries. absolutely. i think it's as simple or should that picture has been poorly. so as to what a core, international corporation, unconsciousness or dirty when discipline and make sure that we set order right things the right things we had that we need,

we need it time. the f says it particular distribution of actions. but when the about since we have, which in my view in my or more than 3 tickets in probably heard of allergies. sense was incredibly plus in producing vaccines. but haven't set that up because you left behind behind significantly. so i think that the spirit of international cooperation and solidity after year, africa as significantly less now on the continent and recent w h. i, the to sick suggest there is a north south divide in terms of infection rate. 64 percent increase in the south. 24 percent increase in the north. both areas account for 88 percent of the continents death toll algeria, botswana. d. c. as with teeny, the su to malawi, retainer based on beek, rwanda setting off south africa, as in bob, a libya in his ear, and morocco, seeing huge,

delta variant increases. how concerned to you about the delta variant across the continent? i'm concerned about it, their top area and spread across the country in but no surprise. this is a virus that has an increase. something needs to be at the rate of more than 40 to 50 percent compared to the wire type. batteries that we initially were dealing with . it has not ratio, which is the rate of production of more than it. which means that he's pressing the effect that has the chunk of impact, and at least it's more people are accepting that is very concerned. and so i'm very concerned from 2 perspective. one is that because of the rapid spread of the database, and we have seen her facilities across the continent that are fully overwhelmed. and this is a scenario that mirrors what we saw in india in april may timeline.

because of this situation, as well as the baby in the database and we are seeing that the best missions process would be for the challenge. it is very concerned in what is even more concern and is that we don't know what we don't know. we don't know that variance, we emerge that we're actually be even more aggressive and more times mr. more challenging to the vaccine that we are using that ended there to be. and so i think the best way to avoid that in my view, would be to increase our ability to, for vast mission update on, on the continent. because we now know that the area is challenging people that are already been investigated. and we've seen up search in this new number new cases across the world, not just in africa, in terms of dealing with the pandemic in dealing with whether it's delta veterans or any of the of the variance. in your opinion,

are there any countries across africa that are, you might be dealing with the situation in terms of the infrastructure in terms of hospitalization or the medical facilities that are available? or is it just to unfair to say, you know, africa, the last calls? no country is actually dealing with this properly because they just don't have the facilities and the just to pull. no, absolutely. best, no distribution mean africa of are or has been dealing with multiple waves of all of these fun to make much of phases. as you recall, as we speak about 32 countries in africa, i've been to a ted with about 4 or 5 again, 2 foot we've met. what is remarkable is that in most countries up there would affect me if they brought it down. then of course the ease the. ready lockdown situations, the virus picks up and they have to deal with the 2nd week. and then it tells me

what does suggest to everybody is that after get in after many countries in africa actually know how to implement probably had major because we don't have the tools that we have in our disposition. now i probably had majors because they're locked down and what is it and is that you probably had made us illinois. we're not enable us to avoid subsequent ways. we need massive vaccinations to enable us to prevent this ad radium of lock bounds. and then you have another wave and then you look down. so i think that he's not going to have kind of me and have have systems if we continue to do that. we just need to, again focus on getting back to so about how many countries in africa extremely, were in trying to maintain the spread of their barrows at levels that they can at least play with downs and then probably had majors and why waiting for the offense

to arrive, but confounding the problem for those of us on the outside looking at what's going on across africa is when we hear news that countries like the democratic republic of congo below your south sudan have destroyed vaccines because the expiry date was very close to the potential for the using them. so whose fault is it? is the distribution issue? is it a lack of coordination in perspective, national countries that they have to get the vaccine out and into the arms of those that need it? no, say you say that the vaccine is available, but in the same breath, we're now seeing physical evidence that the vaccines are having to be destroyed. and that's incredibly disheartening for global population, who, somewhere in the world would say, you know what, i've taken that vaccine even. it was near as expiry date it, any vaccine that is destroyed on the continent is a terribly unfortunate. we have to just see to see an african union, a very clear about that. and we are doing something with that. we have,

we have teams in the, in several countries that are supporting countries to make sure that those are vaccines that are variable actually used, especially as it is. but we have to put all these extra dance in context. i think this is the 1st time that it comes, then the continent of africa will be rough, niche and adores upscale. and we also have to put out in the context that there was a lot of a disruption investigation programs where nisha, things were delivered. the top people where he got to take about scenes, then they didn't know where to take the 2nd dose of the, about seen. and there was a lot of misinformation and miscommunication down generated by social media and across the world. not just in africa created a lot of, i bet on misunderstanding, mishaps, approaches to where people should go get the vaccine or not. but if you look at this edition now, significantly of all, i mean,

i'm just about for morocco last week where you saw lines, lines, people in sport stadium, which into received about things. you've also seen similar scenarios in rwanda and in kenya, where the along lines of people out there within to be to be about it included india or c. okay. i made, you know, you have used up about 99 percent of his vaccines waiting for about 2 days and about the mission. and now we see especially with a few of the 3rd wave where people actually saw last and people die. and i think dissertation is changing a lot now what we need is access to about since i don't think that so much concerned about his country at this point to things actually because both the us and the w h o r were encouraging and hoping that the 30 percent vaccination level of the population of the continent would be reached by the end of the year. and then you also have the added problem. if i can also suggest which is something that you've touched upon, is the way the vaccines are produced,

that they're being produced, obviously in south africa. but it took several rather poser to actually step in and say, no. the vaccines that are produced in south africa should be for the continent, and not exported beyond the compton that you have these 2 scenarios at the moment. will you get 30 percent of the population vaccinated? and when you keep vaccines produced on the continent in the continent, it touched on a very important point. the political leadership of the country and in type in this plan has been extraordinary. and really exceptional. and he's sharp pricing. infection that is on the continent, deleda cham, expressed by preston post that as in east capacity previously as a job, the african union. and now there could be jumped on has been remarkable. and the stance to use intervention, personal commitment and intervention that some of those vaccines that were produced in south africa as ship outside of the continent were actually at taught it. and

a whole arraignment was made so that africa should have its own bath seems produced in south africa. and that's how the african vaccine that position testing that is coordinated. ready by mr. strive, must actually begin to get about since i think that is a crate, it has to go to depress. then i put the african union commission to jefferson was stuff like a demonstrative, extraordinary. ready commitment to support in africa, you see to engage with different putting up their continents should have at about 3 . and so that is a scenario that we are learning from it and building on it as well. so we really hope that green ford as a south africa send they go morocco, egypt begins to produce vaccines, does not seem to be used on the continent, not export that outside of the continent, the world health organization. and i'm quoting,

the facts that we can get from these organizations predicts that 47 of the 54 countries that they've looked at in africa will miss house on the very modest sort of september target. a vaccinating at these tend to cent of their populations is, am i correct in thinking burundi is still one country that hasn't administered a single vaccine and that poses the next question about the vaccine hesitancy. in some african countries, i mean tribal and religious issues sometimes get in the way of sheer fact and science. i remain hopeful that about sin access situation will improve in the next coming months without it actually enable us to get to to the target that we hope we have hope to achieve that is to target up immunize in 25 to 30 percent of our population by the end of the year,

remains the question, but i think with effort from the african bucks in a position past him, we did donations that we are seen increasingly made available by putting the united states from out of we really hope that those efforts to enable us to at least to get to the appropriate tag if you need to jump in that doctor, i would appreciate yes that you're saying that you'd want to reach those targets with your relevant agency. what i'm talking about is the cultural differences across africa and the tribal beliefs of traditional medicine. again, somebody who's a complete stranger who comes into your village or town as i'm a scientist, or what i put in your arm is much better than what you've been dealing with on a tribal social level for decades. days for any campaign to be successful against infectious diseases you have to factor in, but until you answer your competence that to fight did you have to do with your

under trust capital that you'd be with a community? we saw this in the outbreak in west africa. we saw this in d. c. where suz again, we have a liberal us extremely difficult to administer this about sins on to unless we use the local community in doing that. so this is not new. i mean use the concept. ready up and making sure that community, the local community plays a center or in expanding the administration of any rock scenes or even treatment programs is, is known as probably heard is, is global, but implementation is look, i think that is true for or did you, this is also true for this is not unique for corporate we saw. busy it is didn't pull your campaigns and we see it is also in other muslim mission campaigns when at, at the different communities. i've actually resist step vaccines that are available

. indeed, where we come to sort of vaccine availability and your hopes that you can get the continent vaccinated. the former british prime minister gordon brown has been very vocal in support of africa and criticized western powers. a big farmer over the attitude and promised to supply africa in a national british newspaper. back in mid august. he said that we did not just western governments, but big farmers have failed africa. where do you expect to get your supplies when you have a country like germany, reluctant to allow local pharmaceutical companies in africa to produce covered 19 vaccine? i think, as i said earlier, that is it improving the african vaccine that position test team has secured 400000000 doses of boxes. and that is the reality. and the distribution started. you know, you know,

that 5 sign agreements with about from us that you've got companies in south africa. and i think that is very encouraging. you know, that, that partnership developing with sending the past day institute in synagogue to develop backs. and so we have a very, very encourage but that may not be timely enough to address the challenge and the urgency that we have on our hands. so you're absolutely right that we may be challenged to be challenged for a couple of months before we really see the appropriate inflow. ready of vaccines on the continent to think you'll be challenged even more as your head towards winter. and, you know, some countries are talking about booster shots when many people across africa haven't even had one shot that is fortunate sufficient. and that fully agreed with . there were head organization where every doctor generally has asked for

a suspension in administering both doses on to do most of the work is needed. i think that is as not seeing the hands yet that i use for this boston or need for both. i think we had not seen that. if anyone not seeing that, i'm not, i'll be happy to, to read that. i think it would be unfortunate that the vast majority of the world continues to lack behind in vaccines and then people are talking about dream said that it, it would be a tread for everybody. because by doing what we, that kind of behavior will only provoke encourage the emergence of new variance that who knows mich a challenge even exist in vaccines. that variable in our to kids to 5 koby in the war, africa has many eminent scientists. it has many entrepreneurs,

among wonders why africa hasn't found its own vaccine when countries like iran, cuba managed to develop their own and are managing to inoculate the publics as much as they possibly can. i mean that, that is a very important question. i think it is fair to say that africa has neglected the company in of our system completely at the we import as we speak today. import. ready import it 99 percent of the vaccine, the only manufacture one percent of our sales and at the same time, the country and consumes about 25 percent of our sins supplies haven't set that up. being always time to begin. many countries in africa have now mobilized, they've taken the journey of producing vaccines like nigeria, synagogue, rwanda, south africa, egypt, broker. so i remain optimistic,

but you're absolutely right that they've been neglected. shouldn't have been neglected. they are 3. it's has security commodities that people must have in order to get empty and they've got security. they include the ability to produce diagnostics and the ability to produce, to protect and ability to produce adoption. so africa has to engage in all 3 top ways to guarantee to have security response ation green for that's what we are calling in new probably had order for the continent. and you probably had already said that we need to take all of our future and produce about 60 percent of our students that we need. but in the next 20 years, china has gone down better out thailand and many other countries. there's absolutely no reason why africa she didn't go down that route at the africa see, to see. and the african union has developed the pottery and that vision for the continental embrace and walk that journey. and just finally,

i think dr. you certainly have a great deal of hope for the continent intent for its potential. the g 7 are meeting later in september to discuss where cov, it stands right now globally, where the pandemic is. and what they can do to try and curtail it. what sort of will africa have at that g 7 meeting these countries that you mentioned, the united states, france, germany at, or countries that africa has have enjoyed good relationships with this should go serve as a voice to echoed africa. what do we need to in the next 5 years, we will need about $30000000000.00 to fully vaccinate the continent. we are not going to get rid of this covered $9000.00 in the next, next year. we're not going to get rid of cobit at a piece. we have been in 2023, so we need to actually sit down and develop it 5 years. probe a 4 to 5 years program that in my view, because alistair, to be under,

that's what that g 7 you'd be looking at. how do we structure funding that would release about $30000000000.00 over the next 5 years so that africa can get rid of this could be from the country to let's see if they do that. dr. john and kanga song director for the african center for disease control and prevention. thank you for talking to al jazeera. thank you. it was a pleasure. ah news news, news. news, news.

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