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At the start of the pandemic, experts wasted no time in predicting that Covid-19 would quickly overwhelm Africa.
In Kenya, where millions live in crowded slums, the expectation that the country’s limited health services would soon become swamped led to many expats fleeing to their home nations in April.
That same month, the United Nations forecast that without intervention, 3.3 million Africans could die from the virus.
Isolation units to house hundreds of people were hastily built across Kenya, and protective equipment was stockpiled as medics prepared for the worst.
Yet catastrophe was avoided and the huge death toll has not happened.