The fight to contain Covid-19 in Africa
As the coronavirus begins its spread across Africa, some countries have announced travel restrictions and school closures. Now they need to curb community transmission
26 March 2020 - 05:00
On February 17, the first person to test positive for the Covid-19 virus in Africa arrived in Algeria from Italy. By last weekend, the total number of cases on the continent had passed the 1,000 mark — most of them international travellers.
Africa has so far managed to dodge health experts’ expectations of how the virus would spread — though it’s early days yet...
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