Africa appears poorly equipped to manage a major health crisis and is struggling to conduct enough tests to monitor the Covid-19 virus cases
A mall clerk helps a customer to put on a reusable face mask at the entrance of a shopping mall in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on April 10, 2020.
Still, the World Health Organization last month warned Africa faced a dramatic evolution of the pandemic even as governments imposed restrictions to help curb the spread. The continent appears poorly equipt to manage a major health crisis and is struggling to test enough to monitor virus cases.To date, the novel respiratory disease has infected more than 12,800 people on the continent and killed at least 692, according to a tally compiled by AFP.
Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy, has only carried out 5,000 coronavirus tests to date for a country of 190 million people. "We utilise these machines to reach a bigger population so that we can be able to tell... if we are winning the battle or if we need to change our strategy," Amoth said during a televised briefing on Saturday.
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