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Affordable and reliable electricity can help keep African economies going through the pandemic, and recover afterward. Photo by James Oatway/IMF Photo. When COVID-19 first spread, sub-Saharan Africa was feared to be hit hardest by the pandemic. But as soon as cases began to be confirmed in the region, governments quickly instituted containment measures. They leveraged public health infrastructure and lessons from Ebola and other pandemics including contact tracing, case containment, social distancing and remote working. These actions may have contributed to low mortality rates in the continent. According to the WHO, as of January 27, 2021, there were 2,402,273 confirmed cases and 58,097 deaths in the region’s 47 countries (excluding Djibouti and Swaziland, where data are unavailable).

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