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Update On The COVID 19: Special Focus On Africa
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Egypt has seen the continent’s highest number of cases with the number of infections jumping from 3 to 48 in one day.
The country, whose mainstay is tourism, has now recorded 55 cases but Egypt says it is working to contain the virus.
Though Egypt was the first of Africa’s 54 countries to confirm a case of Coronavirus, despite rumours of African’s assumed immunity; the virus has now spread to 9 other countries on the continent.
Algeria’s health ministry has confirmed 20 cases of the Coronavirus, the second-highest in Africa. The council of ministers at a meeting agreed to allot about 31 million dollars to curtail the spread of the virus.
With cases reported in Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, South Africa, and Tunisia.
Senegal has the highest in the region with four reported cases. There has been one recovery that leaves three active cases.
Nigeria has confirmed a second case. Health authorities maintain the new case was in contact with the index case, an Italian. Like Nigeria, Cameroon has reported two cases while Togo has confirmed just one case.
Morocco has recorded two cases of the virus.
Questions about Africa’s readiness and ability to protect its citizens in case of a pandemic have been asked as the continent continues to take measures that will combat the spread of the virus.
South Africa, the only country in the South of the continent has reported 3 cases. President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to panic but insists that it is too soon for the country to issue a travel ban.
Globally, over 100,000 cases and 3,809 deaths have been reported but Africa has only confirmed less than 100 cases and the death of a German tourist in Egypt.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation has commended the Nigerian government for measures taken to contain the spread of the virus.
In a tweet by the WHO Director-General, he lauded the NCDC for publishing the first sub-Saharan African Covid 19 genome sequence.
Now, this sequence is like decoding the DNA of an organism. It explains the kind of genetic information carried in a particular DNA segment.
This could help understand how the genes work together to direct growth, development, and maintenance of the entire organism. This has vast potential for diagnostics and therapies.
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