Frustrations Grow As Only 14% Purchased Vaccines Arrive

By July 26, the latest available figures indicate only 124,425 people were fully vaccinated in the country, while an online database, Our World in Data, estimates that Botswana has one of the highest infection rates at about 548 cases per million people.

Of the two million vaccines ordered and paid for, just 282,890 doses have been delivered thus far, with manufacturers frequently pushing back delivery dates due to the global scramble for vaccines, health authorities said this week.