Over two thirds of Africans infected by Covid virus since pandemic began - WHO

A healthcare professional administers a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, December 1, 2021. [Reuters]

More than two thirds of Africans have been infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study published on Thursday.

The study found that by September 2021, 800 million Africans had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, compared with 8.2 million cases reported at that time.