Africa has dodged the virus bullet but has to keep every key lesson

A recent BBC story whose catchy headline linked Africa’s low Covid-19 cases and deaths to poverty led to a predictably vicious continent-wide backlash against this otherwise popular medium.

In the article, the BBC argued, that Africa’s debilitating poverty, rather than being a liability, could be its best defence; contending inter alia that because of its overcrowded living conditions, there was a greater degree of immunity from the virus.