Africa and other developing countries continue to lag behind in the scale of response, as opposed to G8 countries. The COVID-19 outbreak has now affected over 212 countries and territories. The most affected countries in Africa with the tallest snowballing number of cases – ratio of reported cases are Egypt (2,190; 14%), South Africa (2,272; 15%), Algeria (1,914; 13%), Cameroon (820; 5%), and Morocco (1,763; 12%). The use of information and communications technology in active surveillance will prove effective, but its use in Corona Virus outbreak response has been limited. The catalyzing of rich and poor, developed and underdeveloped all wearing masks, washing hands and battling COVID-19 as a pandemic without borders.

Source: Front Page Africa April 24, 2020 09:00 UTC