{"id":48022,"date":"2021-06-18T06:09:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=48022"},"modified":"2021-06-18T06:16:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T05:16:08","slug":"africa-experiencing-full-blown-third-wave-of-covid-19-says-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/18\/africa-experiencing-full-blown-third-wave-of-covid-19-says-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa experiencing full-blown third wave of COVID-19, says WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Africa continent is currently experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n<p>This disclosure was made by the WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti at a media briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes amid concerns over new variants of COVID-19, said to be responsible for increased infection rates.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the ministry of health in Zambia on Tuesday had said the country\u2019s bed occupancy rate in COVID care centres had\u00a0exceeded 100 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Moeti, who noted that several countries in Africa have experienced a surge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/01\/nigeria-registers-203-new-covid-19-infections-total-now-166518\/\">infections<\/a>, said it is time to step up efforts on vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is in the midst of a full blown third wave. The sobering trajectory of surging cases should rouse everyone into urgent action. We\u2019ve seen in India and elsewhere just how quickly COVID-19 can rebound and overwhelm health systems. So public health measures must be scaled up fast to find, test, isolate and care for patients and to quickly trace their contacts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rise in cases and deaths is an urgent wake up call for those countries lagging behind to rapidly expand vaccination sites, to reach priority groups for vaccination and to respond to community concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of African countries have shown that they can move vaccines quickly, so while we welcome the recent international vaccine pledges, if we are to curb the third wave, Africa needs doses here and now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from the WHO, \u201cCOVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as the continent\u2019s third wave gains pace and nears the first wave peak of more than 120,000 weekly cases recorded in July 2020\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 cases rose to over 116,500 in the week ending on 13 June, up from the previous week\u2019s nearly 91 000 cases, following one month of progressively rising case numbers that pushed the continent over the 5 million case mark. In 22 African countries\u2014nearly 40% of Africa\u2019s 54 nations\u2014cases rose by over 20% in the week ending on 13 June. During the same week, deaths rose by nearly 15% to over 2200 in 36 countries,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew cases recorded weekly in Africa have now exceeded half of the second wave peak of more than 224,000 weekly cases in early January 2021. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia and Uganda have reported their highest number of new weekly cases since the pandemic began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with other factors, a lack of adherence to transmission prevention measures has fuelled the new surge that coincides with colder seasonal weather in southern Africa and as more contagious variants spread. The Delta variant has been reported in 14 African countries and the Alpha and Beta variants have been found in over 25 African countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Africa continent is currently experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 infections. This disclosure was made by the WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti at a media briefing on Thursday. 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