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Local evidence crucial in Africa’s responses

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) health workers in full personal protective equipment (PPE) display packed swab samples during the KNH's mass staff testing for COVID-19. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. All the continents except Antarctica have so far reported thousands of coronavirus cases and/or deaths. Globally, more than a million cases have been reported with 24 per cent of deaths affecting a broad range of ages. Africa has been lucky to have a delayed onset of the spread of Covid-19.

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