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COVID-19 in Africa: outbreak despite interventions?

2020-04-29

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In Africa, while most countries report some COVID-19 cases, the fraction of reported patients is low, with about 20 000 cases compared to the more than 2.3 million cases reported globally as of April 18, 2020. Few African countries have reported case numbers above one thousand, with South Africa reporting 3 034 cases being hit hardest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several African countries, especially South Africa, have...

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DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.20077891

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