Africa versus Coronavirus : four much-needed capabilities

MARU, Mehari Taddele

Africa versus Coronavirus : four much-needed capabilities

dc.contributor.author	MARU, Mehari Taddele
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-28T09:06:09Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-28T09:06:09Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description	Published online: 05 April 2020	en
dc.description.abstract	The spread of Coronavirus, COVID-19, has now hit almost all African countries with over 10,000 confirmed cases in all African countries. According to the latest data by the Africa Center for Disease Control, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The 1.2 billion-people continent of Africa has rising cases with a handful of countries holding out. Nigeria was the first sub-Saharan country to report a COVID-19 case February 27. By April 2 of Africa's 54 countries, only four have yet to report a case of the virus: Comoros, Lesotho, Sao Tome and Principe and South Sudan. The global coronavirus pandemic has hit Africa and the resultant health crisis may easily turn into humanitarian and security disasters. These will worsen persistent crises caused by climate change-induced drought, terrorism and violent extremism, and epidemics like the Ebola disease.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76623
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dc.publisher	Al Jazeera Centre for Studies	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Al Jazeera Centre for Studies	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Research Report	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2020	en
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dc.title	Africa versus Coronavirus : four much-needed capabilities	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en
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