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Covid-19/ Public Health and Social Measures

COVID-19 in Africa

May 5, 2020

Rendering of the 2019-nCoV virion. Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/REUTERS

The COVID-19 pandemic will evolve differently in African countries than other parts of the world, as there are factors unique to the population and the environment which will likely affect disease transmission and severity. Fortunately, the epidemic has not grown exponentially in Africa.