VOA: Africa Appeals for Vaccines to Combat Third Wave of COVID-19
GENEVA - African health officials are urgently appealing for vaccines to combat a third wave of COVID-19 surging across the continent.
The World Health Organization reports the number of African COVID-19 cases has exceeded 5 million and the disease has killed 136,000 people.
WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti says cases have been increasing over the past four weeks.
She says new cases in the past week have risen by nearly 30% across the continent and deaths have increased by 15%.
She says five countries—South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia, Uganda, and Namibia—account for 76% of new coronavirus infections in Africa.
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Update #1: WHO warns "urgent action" needed to stem "surging cases" of COVID-19 in Africa (CBS)
Update #2: Third wave of COVID hits Africa (DW)
WNU Editor: Anger is growing .... ‘Mistakes need to be dealt with’: anger in South Africa as third wave hits (The Guardian).
