The virus has multiplied across Africa more slowly than in Asia or Europe, but more than 40 nations on the continent have now reported a total of 2,850 with 73 fatalities, according to a Reuters tally.
Governments across the region needed to invest their efforts in aggressively tracing all those people who have been in contact with imported cases, in order to isolate them and prevent transmission of the disease locally. The effort needs to be accompanied by public education campaigns to ensure people are maintaining physical distances, something that could help limit the spread of the virus, and should complement other measures put in place like halting passenger flights.
“We still have a window… it is narrowing every day as data on the geographic spread to more and more countries tell us,” Moeti said.
On the report regarding the Orphanage . At last your reporters have PEP but the nurse in the back ground , sitting breathing over a 7 day old baby has NO mask ! Come on guys get with the program , this is a Pandemic and babies are vulnerable 😷😷😷