South Africa is now among the worst-hit countries in the world. With 434,200 cases and 6, 655 deaths. South Africa also has over half the reported...
continues to affect millions globally, new infections are being recorded in thousands, daily, across Africa, a continent once perceived as a safe haven for the contagion.Africa Center for Disease Control
More than 17,000 deaths have been recorded in the continent of over a billion people. The casualties nclude the former Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari; the former president of the Republic of the Congo, Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango, and Somalia’s former prime minister Nur Hassan Hussein.
Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus even under the best-case scenario, according to modeling by the Imperial College London. South Africa accounts for the highest confirmed cases with 434,200 cases and 6,655 deaths, followed by Egypt with 91,583 cases and 4,558 deaths while Nigeria trails behind with nearly 40, 000 cases and over 850 deaths.Health Workers’ Ordeal
So far, about 10 per cent of all cases globally are among health workers, though there is a wide range between individual countries. Risks may also arise when health personnel are repurposed for COVID-19 response without adequate briefing, or because of heavy workloads which result in fatigue and burnout.
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