Some countries in Africa, like Tanzania and Chad, have not started COVID-19 vaccination while others have only just begun.

Meanwhile, more statistics show that the third wave of the virus is starting to engulf South Africa, a nation with the highest case load of COVID infections on the continent.

To unpack Africa's readiness to deal with a fresh surge of infections, following the World Health Organisation's warning of a looming continental third wave, Channel Africa's Lulu Gaboo spoke to Professor Adrian Puren from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa…