Topic: Africa
Up to 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa if not controlled: WHO
Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa finds.
African intellectuals’ open letter to leaders over pandemic
Renowned writer and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, and other African leaders have called on heads of governments across the continent to depend less on help from Europe, America, and Asia in finding solutions to its problems including the spread of coronavirus.
‘Africa is not a testing lab’, Ivorian player Drogba to French doctors who suggest Covid19 vaccine test in Africa
Doctors and politicians in Europe have been accused of racism for suggesting that a potential vaccine for coronavirus should first be tested on people in Africa.
