Africa, rapid increases
July 11, 2021
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as posted by the channelGlobal, in Africa cases have risen for the past 7 weeks
Africa
Cases have risen for seven weeks
Onset of the third wave on 3 May 2021
W/E 4th July, worst pandemic week ever
Cases, + 251 000 (7 days)
Up 20% on previous week
Now, Cases, + 276,884 (past 7 days)
Sixteen African countries, in resurgence
Delta variant in 10 of these
First delta detected in Nigeria
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa
Africa has just marked the continent’s most dire pandemic week ever.
But the worst is yet to come as the fast-moving third wave continues to gain speed and new ground
The end to this precipitous rise is still weeks away.
Cases are doubling now every 18 days, compared with every 21 days only a week ago.
We can still break the chain of transmission by testing, isolating contacts and cases and following key public health measures
COVAX
May and June, very poor
Past two weeks, 1.6 million doses to Africa through COVAX
20 million Johnson & Johnson/Janssen and Pfizer from US soon
In coordination with the African Union to 49 countries
Norway and Sweden sending soon
UNICEF
Agreement to supply the African Union, 220 million doses Johnson & Johnson vaccine by the end of 2022.
2021, first 35 million to arrive
SA production
So far
66 million doses delivered to Africa
40 million through bilateral deals
25 million COVAX-supplied
800 000 doses via African Union African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team
50 million doses administered to date, (1.6% of global doses)
16 million fully vaccinated, (2% of population)
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
1% fully vaccinated
2.5% have received at least one dose
African vaccine production
Produced about 1% of its vaccines so far
Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa and Senegal
Malaria
Preventable and curable
Worldwide cases, 229 million
Deaths, 409 000
Children aged under 5 years are the most vulnerable group
Accounted for 67% (274 000) of all malaria deaths worldwide.
African children’s deaths, 257, 560
WHO African Region, 94% of malaria cases and deaths
Tuberculosis in Africa
Cases, 2.5 million
Deaths, 417,000
(1.7 million globally)
Diarrheal diseases in Africa
Severe cases, 30 million
Deaths, 330,000 (mostly in under 5s)
Dengue fever
Global infections, 390 million per year
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