A 43% jump in reported COVID-19 cases was registered in Africa last week. This explained a warning from the World Health Organisation that Africa could become the next epicenter of the pandemic. According to John Nkengasong, the Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who disclosed this in his weekly briefing in Cape Town, on Thursday said Africa has a “very, very limited” and “very, very strained” testing capacity. Medical experts have...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says the number of COVID-19 deaths in the WHO African Region has increased to 1, 200. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Friday. “Over 27, 000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent – with over 7, 000 associated recoveries and 1,200 deaths recorded,” it said. The WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that in sub-Saharan Africa, South...