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Coronavirus: Africa Can Still Contain Covid-19 Outbreak, Says WHO
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Coronavirus: Africa Can Still Contain Covid-19 Outbreak, Says WHO 

-The Straits Times | Reuters

Africa can still contain the outbreak of the Covid-19 respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Friday (April 17).

“I believe that African countries can achieve a lot more than maybe people outside expect,” Mike Ryan, head of the WHO’s emergencies programme, told a virtual news briefing.

“We don’t believe the disease has passed the capacity to be contained,” he said.

He was speaking after the UN Economic Commission for Africa said the pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty.

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