GENEVA, March 22 (Reuters) - No countries in Africa have
refused the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to any
remaining health concerns, a senior official of the World Health
Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for drug
access, vaccines and pharmaceuticals, told a news conference:
"It has all returned to normal, we don't have any countries
refusing the AstraZeneca (vaccine) on the African continent."
WHO senior adviser Bruce Aylward said: "There's a lot of
confidence" in the Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
(Reporting by John Miller, Emma Farge, Silke Koltrowitz;
writing by Stephanie Nebehay)