There is a possibility that a new Covid-19 variant would emerge in Africa in a foreseeable future, Ahmed Ogwell, the acting director of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has warned.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — There is a possibility that a new Covid-19 variant would emerge in Africa in a foreseeable future, Ahmed Ogwell, the acting director of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention , has warned.
According to figures from the Africa CDC, the African continent has seen a 36 percent average increase of new Covid-19 cases over the past four weeks, with Central and Eastern Africa regions reporting increasing new Covid-19 cases by 113 and 54 percent, respectively. “We need to do more testing and sequencing so that we can be able to understand where the outbreaks are and identify what variant is emerging,” Ogwell said.
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