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Africa should prepare for the worst, it is likely there are more coronavirus cases than reported – WHO DG

Africa should prepare for the worst, it is likely there are more coronavirus cases than reported - WHO DG,  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus has told Africa to prepare for the worst as it is likely
there are more coronavirus cases in the continent than reported.

The Ethiopian-born health officer said this while speaking on
Wednesday March 18, at the WHO’s daily press briefing on the coronavirus
pandemic. He stressed the need for mass gatherings to be avoided
because of the propensity of aiding quick spread of the virus.

Tedros said;

“You know as of today (March 18), the number of cases reported from
sub-Saharan Africa are 233 cases and four deaths, that is actually in
terms of confirmed cases, it is the lowest region.

“But as Mike said, we cannot take this number as the amount of, or
the number of cases we have in Africa, probably we have undetected cases
or unreported cases. But in addition to that, even if we take this 233
cases as true, we have to prepare for the worst.

“In other countries we have seen how the virus actually accelerates
after a certain tipping point. So the best advice for Africa is to
prepare for the worst and prepare today. It is actually better if these
numbers are really true, to cut it from the bud.

“And that is why we are saying we have to do the testing, we have to
do the contact tracing, we have to do the isolation and cut it from the
bud.

“I think Africa should wake up, I think my continent should wake up.”

 

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Africa currently has 633 confirmed cases of coronavirus in 33 countries across the continent.

17 deaths has also been reported in the continent since the outbreak of the flu-like virus.

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