On Feb. 3, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine delivery. The global initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance and The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) aimed to start shipping nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the continent in February, in what will be Africaﾒs largest ever mass vaccination campaign./p>