Corona deaths in Africa exceed 100, and the epidemic pays for rural migration

The African Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that the number of deaths due to the Corona epidemic on the continent has risen to 117 cases, and injuries to 3,924, while fear of disease has driven many Africans to flee to the countryside.

The center said that the epidemic affected 46 out of 54 countries on the continent. The center monitored 3,924 cases of HIV and 117 deaths, while 276 people recovered in various countries of the continent.

According to the statistics of the center published in his account on Twitter today, South Africa is the country most affected by the virus with 1170 cases, two deaths and 31 patients recovered from the epidemic, then Egypt has 536 infected, 30 deaths and 130 others recovered.

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Algeria ranks third in Africa with 409 infections, 26 deaths and 77 cases of recovering from the virus.

Yesterday, the regional director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Machidesso Moiti, warned of the catastrophic spread of the Corona epidemic, adding that about half of the countries of sub-Saharan Africa still had a daily diminishing opportunity to limit the spread of the new Corona virus among the local population.

The virus is spreading across the poorest continents of the world at a slower rate than in Asia or Europe, but infections in Africa are increasing steadily, because checks of the infected people are still not enough.

Moiti - at a press conference - stated that in the past few days, there were about three hundred cases daily in African countries, calling on these countries to intensify their efforts to confront the epidemic.

And African countries announced a curfew and closed their borders to cordon the spread of the Corona virus, in light of fears that weak health systems in many countries would lead to a significant increase in the victims of the virus.

Resort to the countryside
In a related context, Agence France-Presse reported that the emerging virus prompted many Africans to leave the major cities and go to the countryside to escape the disease.

In Madagascar, hundreds of residents were seen heading out of the capital, Antananarivo, towards the countryside, after the authorities announced complete isolation to prevent a pandemic.

In Kenya, after confirming the first infection with the virus on March 13th, many people fled the capital Nairobi by car and through the minivans called "Mattato", heading to the countryside, looking for a safer place from infection with the virus.

And several countries in East Africa took urgent measures to address the risks of migration, as Gabon suspended flights and domestic train, and appealed to the population not to go to the countryside.

Gay Patrick Obiang Ndong, a government spokesman for the anti-virus virus in Gabon, said that preventing domestic flights "would stop the virus from spreading to villages, where most of the elderly and most vulnerable groups live."

Earlier this week, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi ordered the suspension of flights and boat trips between the capital, Kinshasa, and the rest of the country.