‘Anxiety and stress’ as vaccine shortfall hits Africa’s inoculation drive

Dr Ngala Mwendwa, who received his first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine shot, gives an interview in Nairobi, May 19, 2021. [Reuters]

After a stressful year working as a doctor at Kenya's largest public hospital in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ngala Mwendwa got his first dose of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) vaccine in March and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Indian-manufactured shot was supplied by COVAX, a global vaccine initiative that's been a lifeline for poor African nations. But with India now engulfed in its own crisis, Mwendwa has no idea when he will get his second dose.