Covid-19 surge: Africa losing battle to brutal third wave
Patients at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu County, western Kenya, which has recorded Covid cases of the delta variant. The Africa CDC said the delta variant is aggressively taking over in 20 countries on the continent. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NMG
The current Covid-19 surge in Africa is proving to be the most brutal in the continent, warn the World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for Africa and the Africa CDC, even as the vaccine supply crunch persists.
Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) John Nkengasong said last week on Thursday that Africa was losing the battle against the coronavirus and expressed concern that the virus might gain what he called “endemicity” in parts of the continent.
