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Vol 61 No 16

Published 6th August 2020


Pandemic prospects

Cases are increasing rapidly but lockdown policies have been easing and there is little public or political appetite to tighten them again

With Covid-19 positive cases doubling in the last two weeks, Africa is expected to notch up its millionth patient in the coming days. 'We are at a pivotal point,' said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa on 30 July. 'The virus has spilled out of major cities and spread into distant hinterlands. Countries need to keep pace and urgently decentralise their key response services. We can still stop Covid-19 from reaching full momentum, but the time to act is now.'

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