Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections.
has been slow to spread across Africa, but there are several factors unique to the continent that could make it difficult to reduce the rate of infections — and make the pandemic more deadly for Africa than for other continents.
This is complicated further by the porous nature of African borders. Most of the current confirmed cases are from travellers outside the continent. The low volume of international mobility may have temporarily spared Africa, for now.
This is all before the economic cost of confronting the pandemic has been accounted for ; or the political and security costs, because the pandemic makes it more difficult for the continent to address conflict and poor governance.
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