The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that nearly two-thirds of Africans may have contracted COVID-19.
This was made known by Matshidiso Moeti, Africa director at the World Health Organisation while appealing to African countries to ramp up COVID-19 testing and contact tracing as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus.
A WHO-led analysis looked at 150 surveys across the continent and found that 65 percent of Africans had been infected with COVID-19 as of September, nearly 100 times the number of confirmed cases.
“Available data is likely only scratching the surface of the real extent of coronavirus infections in Africa,” she said.
“Should we be panicking and worrying? No, this is exposure to a virus. We’ve seen that it has produced some illness and some deaths, but not a devastating situation.”
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