High-risk Africa considered ‘fragile’ as coronavirus spreads
The continent has more than doubled the number of laboratories equipped to diagnose the virus
05 February 2020 - 16:33
Dakar/London — An isolation ward stands ready at a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Laboratories in Senegal and Madagascar have the testing equipment they need. Passengers arriving at airports in Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea are being screened for fever and other viral symptoms.
Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it has activated its emergency operations centre in the face of what global health officials say is a high risk that the coronavirus disease epidemic that began in China will spread to its borders...
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