Concern over rise in Covid-19 cases in West Africa - WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a steady rise in confirmed cases of Covid-19 on the African continent.
The organisation’s regional director Dr Matshidiso Moeti briefed the media in Brazzaville on Thursday.
"Our outbreak is continuing, we have now confirmed 23 800 cases and 933 deaths in the region and the continent including North Africa (with) 34 610 cases. We are seeing case fatality rate of about 3.9%.
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"What is very encouraging is that we have several countries that have reported zero cases over a couple of weeks. These are admittedly relatively small countries, Namibia, Mauritania, and Seychelles, but they put in place measures early on which have produced results.”
She said there is concern around the sharp rise in cases in West Africa and that the WHO is working with the United Nations to deal with the situation.