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Africa: Lack of Covid-19 Testing Affects Responder's Knowledge of Spread - Rescue Committee
IRC, 5 August 2020
Confirmed COVID cases across African countries have risen by 500% in the past two months and more than doubled in July, amidst dire testing shortfalls and poor access to data on… Read more »
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Africa: Flaws in the Collection of Population Statistics Block Covid-19 Insights
The Conversation Africa, 3 August 2020
Hundreds of thousands of cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in African Union member countries. In order to mitigate the spread of the virus, and the burden it poses… Read more »
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South Africa: World Health Organization Surge Team to Arrive
WHO, 5 August 2020
The South African COVID-19 response will soon be bolstered by a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »
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South Africa: WHO Experts Head to South Africa as Covid-19 Cases Rise
SAnews.gov.za, 5 August 2020
The first team of experts from the World Health Organisation, who will assist South Africa in its fight against Coronavirus, is set to arrive in the country today. Read more »
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Africa: Testing Shortfalls Mean Continent is Fighting Covid-19 Pandemic 'In the Dark'
RFI, 31 July 2020
A lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, and the number of cases could be much higher than official figures,… Read more »
Responders 'In the Dark' About Spread of Covid-19 Across Africa
According to the International Rescue Committee, lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, with the total number of cases estimated to be magnitudes higher than those of official figures.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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"The Covid-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis ... Many countries that believed they were past the worst are now grappling with new outbreaks. Some that were less ... Read more »
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As the country gears towards utilising locally manufactured personal protective equipments over imported ones, Kenyans have been warned to be on the lookout for defective and ... Read more »
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Covid-19 infections in Africa are about to exceed one million cases as the pandemic surges in several hotspot countries.Five countries account for about 75% of the Covid-19 ... Read more »
