WHO Worry Over Africa

The World Health Organization worry over Africa. 

On Friday they said that the total number of intensive-care unit beds across 43 of the continent's 54 countries is lower than 5,000. This translates to around five ICU beds per million in these nations – as compared to 4,000 per million in Europe. 

What’s more, the WHO said that 41 African countries have reported having fewer than 2,000 functional ventilators available to their public health services. 

You may or may not know it but February 14, 2020 saw the first coronavirus case confirmed in the continent – in Egypt. 

On March 19, thirty-three countries have already reported more than 600 cases and 17 deaths. 

Yesterday, according to figures compiled by the agency EFE, fifty-two countries have been infected – yielding 11,703 cases and 609 deaths.

The numbers are building up, slowly and surely. That's becoming a big worry. 

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From imposing travel bans to prohibiting mass gatherings and shutting down schools, governments across Africa are increasingly adopting sweeping measures in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19. 

The emergency moves come amid a worrying increase in the number of infections registered across the continent. 

Still, health experts expressed confidence that the lessons learned from previous health emergencies, including the devastating Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa, will help in the fight against the coronavirus. 

I pray Covid-19 won’t inflict a heavy blow on Africa.