African countries ‘may be spared the worst of the pandemic’

On Monday, Mauritius told the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), that it was on the verge of beating the deadly coronavirus.The Indian Ocean island nation, off the east coast of Africa, said it had not reported new cases of the disease since the last positive case reported almost a month ago.“As of today, there are no active Covid-19 cases. Mauritius has shown that it can be one of the countries that can beat coronavirus and it has done…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3085786/african-countries-may-be-spared-worst-pandemic