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The impacts of COVID-19 is no different in Africa than anywhere else in the world. Over 609,000 confirmed coronavirus cases have reported on the African continent - with more than 305,000 recoveries & 13,000 deaths. The major number of cases are from South Africa, followed by Nigeria and Ghana. In the soonest time after COVID-19 spread was declared a pandemic by WHO, Africa CDC took the most essential actions implementing the obligations and strategies with professional teams for high priority areas of coronavirus control. The surveillance, laboratory, diagnosis, infection prevention and controls had been already taken under consideration, and being followed. In collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC is providing training to in-coming analysts for event-based surveillance by the means of the epidemic intelligence from the open-source platforms. This has been in execution to incorporate with the regional centres and member states to keep track of coronavi...

Want to stay updated with the latest African breaking news and headlines? You can find all about the top charts, daily news, health, and lifestyle reports at African Vibes – your all-time news partners bring in the most relevant information from several different categories. Whether it is news about how Africans are battling COVID-19 or travel, entertainment, and lifestyle – we keep you up to date. Also, we share some of the most exciting and flavorful African recipes that cannot be ignored because of their amazing tastes. African countries have been at a disadvantage on the global arena. It is often perceived that ‘anything goes’. Recently, a French doctor talked about using Africans as test subjects for a COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa. There was an outrage from Africans across the globe and WHO also spoke out against the notion that it was okay to use Africans as test subjects. Subsequently, African countries are planning to unite and create a ‘one shop stop’ to reduce the cost of Covi...