A member of medical staff wearing protective equipment gives a document to a woman after taking a swab, at the first reception center built to hold coronavirus disease screening tests, amid the spread of the coronavirus isease (COVID-19), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Reuters: At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: U.N. agency
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent.
Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases of the disease, just a fraction of the more than two million cases reported globally. But the World Health Organization warned on Thursday that Africa could see as many as 10 million cases in three to six months.
“To protect and build towards our shared prosperity at least $100 billion is needed to immediately resource a health and social safety net response,” the UNECA report stated.
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WNU Editor: The worse case scenario is 3.3. million deaths .... Pandemic crisis may kill up to 3.3M Africans: UN body (Anadolu Agency). There are currently 1,000 recorded deaths in Africa.
More News On U.N. Projections Saying The Covid-19 Pandemic Will Kill 300,000 In Africa
Coronavirus in Africa tracker -- BBC
Coronavirus Deaths in Africa Could Reach 300,000 and Overwhelm Health Systems, Says Report -- AP
U.N. Agency Fears 'Vulnerable' Africa May Suffer At Least 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths -- NPR
Virus Seen Killing 300,000 in Africa, Even With Interventions -- Bloomberg
3 comments:
The models are wrong. They have been consistently wrong. GIGO
In the northern 3rd of Africa, because of jihad, no one is within sniper' distance of anyone else anyway.
The population is younger. Unless they are immune compromised due to something like HIV, they have nothing to fear.
Death smiles big exodus go north into Russian land this summer will be you might be the last surviving soul on earth if the radiation dont kill you I prefer the rain forest islands
My nightmare is 5% of Africa. 62.5 million.
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