World Health Organization Says Delta Variant Fuelling Africa’s Third Wave
Jul 5, 2021 ·
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The World Health Organization says that new and faster-spreading variants are fuelling the continent’s surging third wave, infections reaching an all-time peak compared to past waves. The Regional Director for...
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The World Health Organization says that new and faster-spreading variants are fuelling the continent’s surging third wave, infections reaching an all-time peak compared to past waves.
The Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, says that the speed and scale of the third wave are like nothing they have seen before, pushing the threat to Africa up to a whole new level.
The latest data, the Delta variant has been detected in 97%of samples in Uganda and 79% in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The head of DR Congo coronavirus response Jean-Jacques Muyembe says that the rate at which the Delta variant is spreading is worrying.
He says that hospitals are already overwhelmed and the morgues are full to capacity.
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The Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, says that the speed and scale of the third wave are like nothing they have seen before, pushing the threat to Africa up to a whole new level.
The latest data, the Delta variant has been detected in 97%of samples in Uganda and 79% in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The head of DR Congo coronavirus response Jean-Jacques Muyembe says that the rate at which the Delta variant is spreading is worrying.
He says that hospitals are already overwhelmed and the morgues are full to capacity.
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