The coronavirus pandemic, which has been the most discussed news subject of 2020, has already claimed almost 350,000 lives since the virus began to spread. Recently the WHO gave an update regarding the coronavirus situation in Africa and expressed hopes that fewer people will die from COVID-19 on the African continent compared to other parts of the world. Find out more right now!
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By mid-May, there were a little less than 55,000 cases of the novelty coronavirus recorded in Africa. Compared to millions of people who have been infected in other parts of the globe, especially North America and Europe, that number looks promisingly low. However, according to the World Health Organization and its mathematical approach to calculating the spread of the pandemic, by the time 2020 comes to an end, one in five Africans, or 22% of the African population, will have contracted COVID-19 with different consequences.
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At the same time, the WHO reported a relatively low mortality rate from the coronavirus in Africa compared to other continents. The Organization believes that fewer people will die from COVID-19 on the Africa continent than on other continents for one big reason: Africa’s young and fit population.
Older age and obesity are two of the most common factors leading to complications from the coronavirus and subsequent deaths. Africa, where the population is noticeably younger than on other continents, faces a smaller risk of a high mortality rate. Plus, the level of obesity in the African region is also lower compared to other continents, which is why it is projected that not as many people will die from COVID-19 complications.
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However, it doesn’t mean that Africa will be spared from the coronavirus problem that is currently affecting the entire planet. With thousands of infected patients and hundreds of COVID-19-related deaths, the African continent is already experiencing the pandemic in full force. As the number of infected patients gets higher and the strain on hospitals and medical workers becomes greater and greater, smaller African countries with a lot of coronavirus cases may lose control over the situation.
Plus, using every available resource to tackle the coronavirus pandemic means other medical issues like malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and malnutrition will receive less attention from the officials and will get access to fewer resources, which can become a major source of mortality on its own. That is why, despite the optimistic reports on the potential coronavirus deaths, we should continue exercising the standard precautionary measures: wearing face masks, washing our hands and using hand sanitizers, and following social distancing orders.
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