The Ghanaian leader, Akufo Addo, has taken strict measures in the country to avoid the spread of the coronavirus
More than 937,000
infections are confirmed in at least 180 countries and territories, including
at least 47,000 deaths, however, in Africa, over 146 infections of the
coronavirus have now been confirmed, that's very low compared to other
continents.
However, experts warn that an outbreak there could cause a
medical disaster due to inadequate healthcare facilities and a fragile health
system in Africa.
In Africa, the coronavirus, also known as COVID 19, has hit,
especially, the more touristic countries and countries that are further north
or south of the equator.
Egypt tops the list with 776 cases, with 52
deaths, while Algeria follows by 847 case with 58 deaths and South Africa,
1,380 cases with 5 deaths.
Many patients are travelers arriving or returning from
Europe, the US, the Middle East or Asia. A first case surfaced in Kenya
yesterday, a Kenyan who had been to the United States.
According to Professor Marleen Temmerman, who works at the
Nairobi University Hospital in Kenya, it is striking that the virus has not yet
spread around Africa.
"That could be a matter of time," she
says, but virologists also point to climatic conditions. The flu
virus may not thrive in tropical countries."
Most African countries now have a health plan in
place. Some countries have stepped up border controls. For example,
in Mali, people coming from risk areas must be kept in isolation for 14
days. Everyone who arrives in the capital Bamako is checked for
fever.
Thousands of passengers from China have already been
screened in Ethiopia. Addis Abeba is an important hub for international
air traffic.
This morning Morocco has banned all incoming flights from,
among others, Belgium. Sudan has stopped bus traffic with neighboring
Egypt after the first death.
In Rwanda, residents have been banned from shaking hands
since a week ago. In that central African country, however, this is an
important ritual and people often walk hand in hand on the street.
That is currently not possible, says the government.
In
the Rwandan capital Kigali, there are washbasins with soap at bus stops,
restaurants, banks, and shops. The Rwandan newspaper New Times made an
informative video about it. (see below and continue reading under
video)
Somalia - 5 cases, Botswana - 4 cases, Gambia - 4 cases, 1 death, Central African Republic - 3 cases
Burundi - 2 cases, Sierra Leone - 1 case, Zimbabwe - 8 cases, 1 death, Angola - 7 cases, 2 deaths
Chad - 7 cases, Sudan - 7 cases, 2 deaths, Cape Verde - 6 cases, 1 death, Liberia - 6 cases
Mauritania - 6 cases, 1 death, Mali - 31 cases, 3 deaths, Guinea - 30 cases, Ethiopia - 29 cases
Tanzania - 20 cases, 1 death, Republic of the Congo - 19 cases, Gabon - 18 cases, 1 death
Equatorial Guinea - 15 cases, Eritrea - 15 cases, Namibia - 14 cases, Libya - 10 cases
Mozambique - 10 cases, Seychelles - 10 cases, Syria - 10 cases, 2 deaths, Benin - 9 cases
Eswatini - 9 cases, Guinea-Bissau - 8 cases, The Democratic Republic of the Congo - 109 cases, 9 deaths
Rwanda - 82 cases, Kenya - 81 cases, 1 death, Madagascar - 57 cases, Uganda - 44 cases
Togo - 36 cases, 2 deaths, Zambia - 36 cases, Niger - 34 cases, 3 deaths, Djibouti - 33 cases
Senegal - 190 cases, 1 death, Malta - 188 cases, Ivory Coast - 179 cases, 1 death
Nigeria - 174 cases, 2 deaths, Egypt - 779 cases, 52 deaths, Algeria - 847 cases, 58 deaths
South Africa - 1,380 cases, 5 deaths
At the end of December 2019, Chinese authorities reported an
outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Experts
previously established that the causative agent of the disease was a new type
of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced
the pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19, which by this time had affected 118
thousand people in 114 countries.
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