 And from other parts of Africa, the Omicron variant of coronavirus has not been officially confirmed in four African countries. They are South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, and the Africa Centers for the Disease Control Improvation, Africa City, Seathed and Thirsty. During the weekly press briefing, Africa City's Director John Quangasson loaded the government of South Africa and the country's scientific community. He produced them for their true sin prowess and transparency in exposing the new variant. South Africa's President Syrah Moposa has said that the latest round of COVID-19 related travel bans is akin to a punishment in the country. It's punishing the country for its advanced genomic sequencing and the ability to detect new variants quicker. We are also working closely with countries to step up response to this new variant. In South Africa, where WHO has already a team working in genomic sequencing, we are deploying a surge team in Gautam projects to support surveillance and contact tracing. Africa has made little inroads in the path to providing vaccine protection. So far, only 102 million Africans in Africa, or 7.5 percent of the continent population is fully vaccinated. More than 80 percent of the population has not received even a single dose. This is dangerously wide gap.