New WHO estimates: Up to 190 000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa if not controlled

World Health Organisation (WHO) "Brazzaville, 7 May 2020 – Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa finds. The research, which is based on prediction modelling, looks at 47 countries in the WHO African Region with a total population of one billion." (Photo: UN Geneva/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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