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[226][227] The country's defence minister Oppah Muchinguri caused controversy by stating the coronavirus could be a divine punishment on Western nations for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe. [166] Senegal reported 21,883 total cases, 2,773 active cases, and 489 total deaths on 13 January 2021. [91], Ethiopia reported 129,455 total cases, 12,882 active cases, and 2,006 total deaths on 13 January 2021. [61], On 13 March, Guinea confirmed its first case, an employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea. [61], On 14 March, the first two cases in the country were confirmed. The institution had already fixed the dates for the 2019/2020 academic year examinations. Tilahun Woldemichael, an Ethiopian Orthodox monk who is said to be 114 years old, was released from the hospital on 25 June after being treated with oxygen and dexamethasone for coronavirus. On 29 October, John Nkengasong, the head of Africa CDC, said: "The time to prepare for a second wave is truly now. This is 39 deaths per one million population. [92] On 31 March the first person died of COVID-19. The French army sent in medical workers and a few ICU beds, but it is not enough. Since then, eight more confirmed cases were reported by the health ministry to the public, bringing the total to twelve. [147][148][149] The test was confirmed positive by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Africa is already recording 10,000 to 12,000 cases a day, inching back upwards to its July peak of 14,000. [221] A third case was recorded on 22 March. On 11 March, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, made the cedi equivalent of $100 million available to enhance Ghana's coronavirus preparedness and response plan. It could just be that Africa’s early and robust public health response delayed the onset of what may yet be the catastrophe that epidemiologists feared. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was the “largest, most severe and most complex Ebola epidemic” in history, according to the World Health Organization. A report by the South African Medical Research Council noted that South Africa saw some 17,000 extra deaths from natural causes between early May and mid-July, a 59% increase in excess deaths compared to what was expected over the same period. Moreover, three more cases were confirmed by the Health Minister on March 31, 2020. On March 27, another statement was issued by the health minister stating that four additional cases have been identified while one case being in the Adama city of the Oromia regional state and the other three being in Addis Ababa. Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Guinea Bissau have all already received thousands of doses of COVID-19 Organics free of charge. [222], On March 25, President Edgar Lungu confirmed a total of 12 cases. Thank you for reading TIME. Biosecurity Avian influenza Diseases Health & disease Egg layers. In a survey conducted in 18 countries in August by PERC, public support for safety … This is a death rate of 456 per one million population. [204], Uganda reported 38,085 total cases, 24,698 active cases, and 304 total deaths on 13 January 2021. [19] In some countries, the number of cases began to rise. [80], On 18 March, the first case in Djibouti was confirmed. All of the cases were from Addis Ababa. [61], Seychelles reported its first two cases on 14 March. The curve has flattened in South Africa and Kenya, while Senegal and Equatorial Guinea have seen a steady decline.[21]. Ethiopia has 5,200 confirmed cases. The two cases were people who were in contact with someone in Italy who tested positive. [173], On 31 March, the first two cases in Somaliland were confirmed. [224], On 19 August, the Vice President of Zambia, Inonge Wina tested positive for COVID-19. The death toll rose to 104. On the previous press release the government authorities had noted that one case was retested and confirmed negative and two of the confirmed cases have been sent to their country (Japan). [199] As of 17 February 2021, 5,953 confirmed cases, 5,094 recoveries, and 81 deaths had been reported. [128][129][130] [95], The country's first case was announced on 12 March, a 27 year old Gabonese man who returned to Gabon from France 4 days prior to confirmation of the coronavirus. [150] He was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. “It seem logical that a relatively youthful population would result in a lower toll.” That, and the fact that diabetes, obesity and hypertension, some of the comorbidities that appear to make COVID-19 more deadly, are also less common among the continent’s population than they are in other parts of the world. [215], On 26 March 2021, a low positive case on a passenger arrived by flight on 24 March is reported by Saint Helena Health directorate. They brought in testing kits and re-instated the hand washing stands that had been ubiquitous during the Ebola outbreak. Separately, Richard Mihigo of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against inequality in access to COVID-19 vaccines. This is 235 deaths per one million population. You have a limited number of free articles. It has also banned public gatherings. [78] The president imposed a state of emergency and closed the borders. On the morning of 2 March, Algeria confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, a woman and her daughter. [229], Police report that 105,000 have been arrested for violating health measures between March and July, including 1,000 arrests for not wearing facemasks on July 18 and 19. [81][82], On 6 March, the Egyptian Health Ministry and WHO confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus infection. [89], The country's first case was announced on 13 March, which is a Japanese man who had arrived in the country on 4 March from Burkina Faso. by The Poultry Site 14 April 2021, at 9:09am According to reporting in Reuters, a commercial layer farm in Ekurhuleni, east of … All were women. [61], On 16 March, the first case was confirmed. Public support. The two new cases were from the same family, a father and daughter, and were living in France. Subscribe for just 99¢. Two of the patients, a 29-year-old and a 34-year-old male Ethiopians, had travel histories to Dubai on different dates. For Sister Juliet Lithemba, the past year has been “nothing short of grace and mercy from above”, as she explains it. Here, we break down some of those reasons. Subscribe for just 99¢. [90] Three additional cases of the virus were reported on March 15. The two cases were people who came back to the country from Norway and Turkey, with the contact tracing process beginning.[98][99]. Similarly, the following day another three cases were added. [201][202], 168,568 total cases, 40,378 active cases, and 5,415 total deaths were reported on January 13, 2021 in Tunisia. Access to the islands, already heavily restricted due to the presence of a military base on Diego Garcia, have been further curtailed, with licenses for visiting vessels suspended. Three of them are Ethiopians. [83] The infected persons were among the Egyptian staff aboard the Nile cruise ship MS River Anuket, which was travelling from Aswan to Luxor. The U.S. added 106,570 Covid-19 cases, almost 8,000 fewer than the week’s previous low, suggesting that the declining trend in infections is continuing. [225], Zambia reported 31,100 total cases, 9,023 active cases, and 509 total deaths on 13 January 2021. [43], By December 2020 the total confirmed cases was 17,433, with 10,859 recoveries and 405 deaths. The virus family Filoviridae includes three genera: Cuevavirus, Marburgvirus, and Ebolavirus. “Maybe our poor living conditions could be working in our favor,” he said, noting that a significantly higher of cases appeared to be mild or asymptomatic, compared to cases elsewhere. But overall, African countries have largely defied the doomsday predictions. Commission for Africa in April predicted up to 300,000 deaths this year if the virus couldn’t be contained on the continent. The Western African Ebola virus epidemic was the most widespread outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history, causing major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. [93], The single hospital in Mayotte was overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients in February 2021. This led the Management of one of the most populated schools in Nigeria, the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri to declare an emergency holidays a precaution against COVID-19, stating that the emergency holiday will last for 30 days. [134], The country's first case was announced on 22 March, a 75-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom. [64][65], On 19 March, the first case in the country was confirmed. Thirty-three of Africa’s 54 countries now have cases, with a total of at least 529 midday Wednesday. Officials said 44 cases of the South African variant have been found predominantly in Wandsworth and Lambeth, which have a combined population of 655,695 according to 2019 figures. If South African epidemiologist Siegfried could point to one telling factor in the continent’s low COVID-19 mortality rate, it would be that Africa’s median age is 19 years old. The Nigeria's high profiled persons that have tested positive for COVID-19 are: Buhari's chief of staff, Abba Kyari, Governor of Bauchi state Bala Mohammed, Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, Governor of Kaduna state Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Delta state Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Ebonyi state, Dave Umahi, Governor of Ondo state Rotimi Akeredolu. On 19 March, President Félix Tshisekedi announced that all flights would be suspended. [240] Advisers say that a strategy based on testing could allow African countries to minimise lockdowns that inflict enormous hardship on those who depend on income earned per day to be able to feed themselves and their families. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has worked to support the response across the continent and distributed tests donated by the Jack Ma Foundation. Read more: I Helped Fight the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia. It could be due to a lower average age, a more favorable climate, solid public health policies or fewer co-morbidities on the continent—each offers an imperfect defense, which taken cumulatively, contributes to an overall protective effect. [39][38], According to WHO prediction modelling estimates Algeria faces a relatively high risk for a spread of COVID-19 if containment measures such as contact tracing are not prioritized. [159], In Nigeria, there were fears everywhere that the chief of staff, Abba Kyari who had tested positive for the coronavirus may have transmitted it to more people including governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, minister of information, Lai Mohammed, special assistant to the president on media, Garba Shehu; minister of special duties, George Akume; minister of state for FCT, Ramatu Tijani; Geoffrey Onyeama, and other dignitaries and visitors at the prayers held on March 17, 2020, for the deceased mother of the Kogi State governor. [116][117] In August 2020 the government of Malawi instituted additional measures including mandatory mask wearing in public areas to stem the spread of the virus [118], On 25 March, the two first cases were confirmed in Mali. There were 6,169 active cases at the end of the month. 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[1], Egypt's health ministry announced the first case in the country at Cairo International Airport involving a Chinese national on 14 February. South Africa’s agriculture ministry has confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza on a chicken farm in the central Gauteng province. [111], On 24 March, the first case in Libya was confirmed. Measures are being taken by the government and the community together strictly to suppress the further spreading of this deadly virus. [219] Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic reported its first cases on 25 July 2020. [149] On 28 February, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health announced that the Italian man had travelled on Turkish Airlines with a brief transit at Istanbul. [11] Notably, however, African countries were being charged more than double what European countries had to pay for certain vaccines. [240][8], The pandemic has had a serious economic impact in African countries, damaging the continent's growing middle class and threatening to increase the rates of poverty and extreme poverty. [241], As of 18 April 2020, the supply of ventilators was low in much of Africa: 41 countries had only 2,000 ventilators between them, and ten countries had no ventilators at all. 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Yet it was the U.S, with its superior health system, that hit that grim milestone first, and so far, Africa has been largely spared the worst of the devastation experienced by the rest of the world. [97], Ghana reported its first two cases on 12 March. 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Vaccine-derived polio spreads in Africa after defeat of wild virus This article is more than 6 months old Fresh cases of disease linked to oral vaccine seen in Sudan, following outbreak in Chad An August 2020 poll by the Partnership for Evidence-based COVID-19 Response found that among respondents in 18 African countries, more than 85% said they had worn a face mask in the previous week. [12] The Group of Seven (G-7) promised an equitable distribution of vaccines on February 19, 2021, although few details were provided. You can unsubscribe at any time. [71], On 30 April, the first case was confirmed in the Comoros. [10], The African Union secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa; it was announced on January 13, 2021. Overall, testing for COVID-19 cases has been comparatively limited on the continent, which could be contributing to lower case numbers. But by mid-November, the variant made up between 20 and 30 percent of cases in London and a region east of the city. The patient was a man who had travelled to Pakistan. This is independent of the global Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (COVAX) effort aimed at distributing COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries. On 3 March, Algeria reported another two new cases of the coronavirus. [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], The first case in the country was confirmed on 25 February. South Africa has seen a sharp increase recently, amid evidence that a new variant has been detected; President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new restrictions on Monday, citing the daily record of 14,790 infections recorded on Christmas Day, which he described as “a cause for alarm.” Over the weekend, the country’s total recorded cases since the start of the pandemic reached one million at the weekend. [214] The case was tested negative on 6 January 2021. Some epidemiologists suspect that the close contact with other people and regular exposure to different pathogens may in fact make people more resistant to the worst forms of COVID-19. [246], Local businesses have financially supported response efforts and initiated the manufacture of masks and hand sanitizers. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. [138], On 17 March, President Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency as a legal basis to restrict fundamental rights, e.g. “Until there’s enough vaccines that can be spread across the globe, our most critical defense is in avoiding mass gatherings and using face masks. This is your last free article. But so far, death rates haven’t met those worst-case scenario predictions. [144], There were 1,720 new cases in December, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 3,268. Lockdown may not be possible, and challenges may be exacerbated by the prevalence of diseases such as malaria, AIDS, tuberculosis, and cholera. [217] On 27 March 2021, Saint Helena government announced positive cases on a fishing vessel. The first cases were recorded in Guinea in December 2013; later, the disease spread to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone, with minor outbreaks occurring elsewhere. [252], There are lessons such as early travel bans, well-organised contact tracers and other specialized workers that need training, as they are critical for containment of the pandemic. Among the six cases identified there were individuals with no traveling history recently, that has made it alarming to the public.[1]. [121], A further case was confirmed on the 29th of April. Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a rare but fatal disease. Among the infected individuals an elderly Ethiopian in her eighties has been said to have some escalating symptoms while other eight have been on a recovery route and showing fewer symptoms of the disease. According to unofficial estimates, about 60,000 people died in Egypt between May 2020 and July 2020, due to COVID-19. [61], The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the French overseas department and region of Mayotte was reported on 13 March 2020. ", "Covid-19: Situation in SA 'a warning' for the rest of the continent - WHO", "Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa pass 1 million", "Africa reaches one million confirmed cases, although the true toll may be higher", "Coronavirus in Africa: 'Signs of hope' as cases level off", "Africa must prepare for second COVID wave, disease control group says", "Coronavirus: What's happening to the numbers in Africa? As of 4 March 2021 they have vaccinated 30,658 people. [62][63], The country's first case was announced on 14 March, with the patient being identified as a 74-year-old Italian man who returned to the Central African Republic from Milan, Italy. [84], Egypt reported 152,719 total cases, 24,045 active cases, and 8,362 total deaths on 13 January 2021. [198], On 6 March 2020, the first case in the country was confirmed. Why that might be the case is unclear. The camp houses 30,000 people.[187]. It caused … What America's Richest Ski Town's Handling of COVID-19 Shows. Curfews were enforced. [59], On 6 March the first case was confirmed in Cameroon. [246], There have been significant efforts to combat COVID-19 disinformation and provide accurate information to support the response to COVID-19. [243], The World Health Organization helped many countries on the continent set up laboratories for COVID-19 testing. [188][189] 2,275 confirmed cases and 151 deaths were reported as of 15 May 2020. © 2021 TIME USA, LLC. 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