The Biden Administration has collaborated fully with the African Union, the Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC), the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust, Afreximbank, a Cairo-based multilateral trade finance institution, and the Covax Collaborative Mechanism. for Equitable Vaccine Distribution which is co-led by the World Health Organization [@WHO] and the Gavi Alliance. Thus, it announces a donation of 25 million doses for the continent.

According to American authorities, in the coming weeks, doses of Johnson & Johnson, Moderna or Pfizer vaccines will be made available to 49 African countries. The doses supplied by the United States will be delivered by Covax, which plans to ship 620 million doses to Africa by the end of 2021, and reach 1 billion doses by the end of the first quarter of 2022. also pledged to help African countries be well prepared to receive vaccines. The donations announced today follow President Joe Biden's pledge in May to distribute 80 million doses globally. Africa has seen a 43% weekly increase in Covid infection cases, with more than six million confirmed cases across the continent made up of 55 nations. The limited availability of tests means the actual numbers are likely even higher. The spread across Africa of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which was first identified in India in December, is driving the current wave of rising infections. The Delta variant, which is estimated to be up to 60% more infectious than the previously circulating variant, is rapidly becoming dominant across the world, including the United States. Epidemiologists fear this may not be the latest or worst strain of Covid19.