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Africa has the lowest number of coronavirus deaths and infections in the world, while the United States has the highest.
With nearly 37,000 deaths and 1.5 million cases, Africa has the lowest number of infections and deaths in the world, while the United States, the most developed country in the world, has the highest number of deaths and cases on the planet, with more than 210,000 deaths and 7.5 million infections.
But how did Africa do it?
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CDC Africa Director John Nkengasong highlighted all the right steps that Africa, with 1.3 billion people, took at the beginning of the pandemic to defeat the deadly disease.
Speaking on ABC News on Monday, Nkengasong said that Africa has successfully responded to the novel coronavirus with fewer deaths and infections than the rest of the world, at least for now, due to its early “cooperative, collaborative and coordinated efforts” against the virus. mortal. which has killed more than a million people worldwide and infected more than 35 million people,
Nkengasong, who is the envoy of the World Health Organization (WHO) to Africa, and the winner of Gate Foundation Global Goalkeeper Award 2020, said early preparation and recognition that COVID-19 was a common threat to the entire continent was “extremely valuable.”
The Africa CDC said leadership at “many levels” could also explain the lower number of deaths and infections in Africa, starting with the African Union, which played an important role in bringing heads of state together to “work with the CDC. Africa to coordinate “continental strategy” extremely important. “
Africa has recorded more than 1.5 million infections and nearly 37,000 deaths. according to the latest data from Africa CDC released Monday night. For a continent with 1.3 billion people and 55 countries, Africa has the best response to the coronavirus in the world.
Nkengasong said that many African countries also took “bold steps” since the beginning of the pandemic with “very aggressive closures” to combat the virus.
The Africa CDC director added that there was also “uniformity of messages” across the continent.
“The message was clear. We never hesitate with messages. We started using a mask before the WHO made it mandatory, ”he said.
He said there was never a debate on whether or not Africans should wear masks to fight the virus. There was also, he added, the recognition that African nations needed to increase the shortage of test kits.
In addition, Nkengasong said, there was also “the commitment of the community” to win the fight against the virus.
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