COVID-19 pandemic – an African perspective

The recently emerged novel coronavirus, "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)", caused a highly contagious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus was first reported from Wuhan city in China in December, 2019, which in less than three months spread throughout the globe and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11th of March, 2020. So far, the ongoing pandemic severely damaged the world's most developed countries and is becoming a major threat for low- and middle-income countries. The poorest continent, Africa with the most vulnerable populations to infectious diseases, is predicted to be significantly affected by the ongoing…

• NR
  National Research Foundation
• NH
  National Health Laboratory Service

  Award: NHLSRT-1/2/17-1/9/19
• UR
  University Research Committee, Emory University

  Award: AZMD019
• RD
  Research, Development and Engineering Command

  Awards: RDYR180418322304, 116339