COVID-19: Unpacking the low number of cases in Africa

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over nineteen million people globally with over 700 ​000 fatalities as of 9 August 2020. To date, Africa has recorded the least amount of COVID-19 confirmed cases. As of 9 August 2020, Africa has 1, 037, 135 cases compared to 10, 615, 855 in Americas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chitungo, Itai, Dzobo, Mathias, Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni, Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34173573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100038
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over nineteen million people globally with over 700 ​000 fatalities as of 9 August 2020. To date, Africa has recorded the least amount of COVID-19 confirmed cases. As of 9 August 2020, Africa has 1, 037, 135 cases compared to 10, 615, 855 in Americas and 3, 061, 264 in Europe. In this piece, the authors unpack the low numbers of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa - is it a case of limited testing capacity due to poor health systems or otherwise?

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