The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters that “I have seen how Africa is neglected when drugs are available” in the past. Expand Close (PA Graphics) Press Association Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (PA Graphics)Africa last week surpassed two million confirmed coronavirus infections. He cited such logistics in his prediction for when vaccinations in Africa will begin. “The worst thing we want for the continent is for Covid to become an endemic disease” in Africa, he said. So far, about 21 million tests have been conducted across Africa’s 54 countries.

Source: Irish Independent November 26, 2020 10:52 UTC