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Concerns over Africa’s capacity to handle Covid-19 burden

Aerial picture showing funerals taking place next to a row of freshly dug graves at a section of the Westpark cemetery in Johannesburg, on July 22, 2020. South Africa has recorded the highest Covid-19 infections and deaths in the continent. 

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By  Elizabeth Merab

Health reporter

Nation Media Group

Five months on and just five per cent of coronavirus global burden, Africa stills lacks capacity to roll out mass testing of population

Ten countries account for three-quarters of all Covid-19 infections in Africa, making them hotspots of the pandemic on the continent.

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