Africa’s top public health official says the continent has seen an average 8 percent rise in new coronavirus cases over the past month as infections creep up again in parts of the continent of 1.3 billion people.
John Nkengasong says “we expected it to happen” and warns that when the virus comes back for a second wave, “it seems to come back with a lot of full force.”
The African continent is approaching 2 million confirmed cases, with just over 1.9 million now including more than 45,000 deaths.
Note EU-Digest - however with a population of 1.3 billion people on the African countinent and a total of 4500 deaths, Africa is doing far better at combatting the coronavirus than either the US or the EU.
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https://egyptindependent.com/the-latest-africa-sees-average-8-rise-in-new-virus-cases/
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