Africa faces difficult choices in responding to COVID-19

Titus Divala; Rachael M. Burke; Latif Ndeketa; Elizabeth L. Corbett; Peter MacPherson

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31056-4

Africa faces difficult choices in responding to COVID-19

Titus Divala, Rachael M. Burke, Latif Ndeketa, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Peter MacPherson

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now established in Africa, with more than 63 000 cases and 2200 deaths in 53 countries, as of May 11, 2020.1 Fragile health systems leave African countries vulnerable to the anticipated surge in severely ill patients with COVID-19, despite much younger populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1611
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	395
Issue number	10237
Early online date	12 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31056-4
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2020

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