Africa: Replicating Global Responses to COVID-19 May Not Work for Africa

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The first case of COVID-19, now a global pandemic present in 199 countries, was reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Africa's first confirmed case was in Egypt on 15 February. The first sub-Saharan case was reported in Nigeria on 28 February.

Information to date confirms that older people are more susceptible to severe effects of the disease. However people of any age with underlying health issues are at risk of complications. Could sub-Saharan Africa's largely young population work in its favour if the local spread can be contained?

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