Africa on track to control pandemic this year but vigilance is key: WHO
Since the first case on the continent was identified nearly two years ago, Africa has faced four waves of COVID-19, each with higher peaks or more total cases than the previous one. These surges were mainly driven by new variants which, though highly transmissible, were not necessarily more fatal. Against the oddsOn average, each wave was roughly 23 percent shorter than the one before, with the first lasting 29 weeks, while the fourth ended in six weeks. Dr. Matshidiso…