Second coronavirus wave hits Africa
The continent has dodged the apocalyptic scenarios predicted by many Western experts but now cases are surging in many countries
18 December 2020 • 5:14pm
A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital (R) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on December 18, 2020.
Credit: (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)/(Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
A second wave of Covid-19 cases has hit several major sub-Saharan African nations, as anxiety grows that the continent will be left behind in the global race to stockpile coronavirus vaccines.
The continent of more than 1.1 billion people dodged the apocalyptic, mass death scenarios many Western experts predicted at the beginning of this year.
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