The World Health Organisation has warned the coronavirus pandemic could kill more than 300,000 people in Africa and push 30 million further into poverty.
Africa has seen a 43 per cent jump in reported COVID-19 cases in the last week following a warning from the World Health Organisation that the continent of 1.3 billion could become the next epicentre of the pandemic.
Africa still has time to avert such a disaster but testing people and tracing virus cases is critical, said Mr Nkengasong. That is just 325 people tested per one million people, Mr Nkengasong said. That is far lower than Italy, one of the world's worst-hit countries, he said by way of comparison.
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