Hundreds of people line up at the football stadium in the mega-city of Abidjan.

Everything is done quickly and well organized.

First, people sit outside with a number tag.

Then they are called out, and have their temp taken before they are let in.

In just 48 hours, a huge, air-conditioned tent has been built where nurses sit in long rows of small booths to vaccinate. 

- I am very satisfied, actually happy, says Eric Cyrille Savi to SVT.

He is self-employed and one of the first to line up for the vaccine.

He had no qualms about taking the syringe.

- No, on the contrary, I now urge all relatives and friends that they must also be vaccinated.

Rumors spread

But healthcare professionals report that there are widespread prejudices against the vaccine.

Rumors are circulating via social media that the vaccine is part of the state's secret agenda to change people's DNA or make them infertile.

To reach out with reassuring news, ministers in both Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire have been vaccinated first of all in front of TV cameras. 

Sweden is one of around 30 countries that have financed the 500,000 doses of the Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine that have reached the Ivory Coast. 

But the number of doses that the UN and the World Health Organization WHO have so far managed to bring together to African countries is far too few.  

There is widespread criticism that 14 of the world's richest countries have seized more than half of the world's vaccination doses.

One example is the United Kingdom, which bought 407 million doses over the next two years, despite having only 67 million inhabitants.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to donate the rest to developing countries later.

Fair distribution crucial

It has made WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus go to the roof.

Without mentioning the UK, he recently said that "just because you have money does not mean you can use your money to buy vaccines".

Fair distribution of the vaccine is considered very important to prevent new mutations from appearing in countries that do not have vaccination protection. 

According to the WHO, 70 percent of the world's citizens must be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity, and this should preferably take place within a year.