Covid third wave may overrun Africa's healthcare, warns WHO
by Peter Muiruri in Nairobi from Science | The Guardian on (#5FTMS)
Leap of 50% in cases in three months and just 7m jabs across continent infecting 11 health workers an hour'
Rising cases of coronavirus in Africa threaten to overrun fragile healthcare systems and test the continent's much-touted resilience to the disease, according to the World Health Organization's regional office for the continent.
The global health body stated that infections were on the rise in at least 12 countries in Africa including Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Guinea.
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