{"id":177577,"date":"2022-04-14T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=177577"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:49:01","slug":"africa-witnessing-longest-period-of-covid-19-decline-says-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/14\/africa-witnessing-longest-period-of-covid-19-decline-says-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa witnessing longest period of COVID-19 decline, says WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organisation,<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0the reported weekly cases in the continent have fallen for the past 16 weeks, while deaths have dropped for the last eight weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It said infections have dropped from a peak of over 308,000 cases weekly at the start of the year to less than 20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOver the past week, around 18,000 cases and 239 deaths were recorded, a decline of 29% and 37% respectively compared with the week before. This low level of infection has not been seen since April 2020 in the early stages of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/25\/covid-19-pandemic-still-with-us-hard-to-predict-nigerian-govt\/\">pandemic<\/a> in Africa,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAfrica\u2019s previous longest decline in COVID-19 infections was between 1 August and 10 October 2021. Currently, no country is witnessing COVID-19 resurgence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWorld Health Organization (WHO) considers that a country is in resurgence when it records a 20% increase in cases in at least two consecutive weeks and that the recorded week-on-week rise is 30% or higher than the highest weekly infection peak previously reached.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the statement, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said despite the decreasing infections, it is crucial that countries remain vigilant and maintain surveillance measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She said this includes genomic surveillance to swiftly detect circulating COVID-19 variants, enhance testing and scale up vaccination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith the virus still circulating, the risk of new and potentially more deadly variants emerging remains, and the pandemic control measures are pivotal to effective response to a surge in infections,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While noting that several African countries are easing key COVID-19 measures, the WHO asked countries to weigh the risks and benefits as they do so and to take into account the capacity of their health systems, population immunity to COVID-19 and national socioeconomic priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSystems should be in place to quickly reinstate the measures if the epidemiological situation worsens,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic. 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