No Covid-19 apocalypse in Africa, as WHO expects a steep drop in fatalities - Countries on the continent responded effectively to the virus despite the dire predictions of some in the West
World Health Organisation now predicting a dramatic drop in fatalities, from an average of 970 a day last year to about 60 a day by the end of 2022.
Yet, despite “vaccine apartheid”, a term coined to depict widening gaps in global vaccine equity, Africa defied odds and is now staring at arelative Coronavirus victory. Statistics from across the continent also run counter to a narrative that the virus was somehow less severe in Africa than in other parts of the world and instead point to an effective response.
“However, the job is not yet done. Every time we sit back and relax, Covid-19 flares up again,” Moeti cautioned.A recently published analysis in the Nature journal shows about 90% of deceased people tested at a Lusaka facility in Zambia during Coronavirus surges were positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting flaws in the idea of an ‘African paradox.’
Nor did Africa’s health-care system collapse under the weight of Covid-19 and there weren’t dead bodies “out on the streets” as predicted by Gates. Unlike in India and Ecuador, where the deaths from Covid overwhelmed crematoriums, morgues and burial grounds, in Africa, those grim scenes did not play out, despite fewer vaccinations per capita on the continent as well as a relatively underfunded health-care system. In western Kenya, a viral video of a suspected Coronavirus patient being buried went to show that even at night, there is always someone recording.
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