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Africa: Getting Ahead of the Virus Key to Change Course of COVID-19 - WHO Africa
allAfrica, 20 March 2020
"This is one of the biggest health challenges Africa has faced in a generation. Adopting approaches which are adaptable to the African context is key to containing the spread." Read more »
Getting Ahead Key to Change Course of COVID-19 - WHO Africa
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, says the reasons the virus has not spread as quickly in Africa as it has in the northern hemisphere are not yet clear. But, she said, while WHO is still monitoring and analysing what has been done in different regions, it encourages "strong early precautionary measures" to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
This map illustrates confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa on March 19, 2020. Cases in countries outside the WHO African Region are shown for context.
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Africa: More Than 600 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Africa
WHO, 19 March 2020
More than 600 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 34 countries in Africa as of 19 March, compared with 147 cases one week ago. Although the region has seen a significant… Read more »
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Africa: Blood Groups, Antibodies Explored in Novel Coronavirus Immunity
The Conversation Africa, 18 March 2020
COVID-19, which first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is relentlessly sweeping across the world. The scale of the epidemic has caused chaos and led to the World Health… Read more »
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Africa: Coronavirus and Upcoming Elections - What Are the Options?
allAfrica, 19 March 2020
At the rapid rate at which the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been spreading, it was only a matter of time before Africa was affected. At the time of writing, cases of COVID-19… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Passengers Isolated At Beitbridge Border Post
The Herald, 19 March 2020
When a Malawian citizen was yesterday put into quarantine at the Beitbridge District coronavirus management centre, after his temperature was unreasonably high, the other 19 people… Read more »
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