Confirmation of new coronavirus infection across Africa May 15 18:16
With the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide, one person was infected in Lesotho in the south of Africa, which confirmed the infection in all 54 African countries.
In Africa, the first person to be infected with the new coronavirus was confirmed in Egypt this February, and according to the AU = African Union summary, 73,176 people have been infected and 2496 people have died.
In Africa, the only landlocked country in the South, Lesotho, had no cases of infection, but as a result of testing multiple people from neighboring countries South Africa and Saudi Arabia, one person was infected on the 13th I understand.
With this, the infection has been confirmed in all 54 countries in Africa, and it has spread to the whole country within 3 months from the first case.
In Africa, the medical system is vulnerable, especially in the sub-Saharan countries, and there are many places where measures against infection are not taken sufficiently, and there is a lack of safe water essential for hand washing that is effective in preventing infection. There are serious issues such as
WHO = World Health Organization's Africa Regional Office urges early this month that the spread of infection in Africa would "kill up to 190,000 people in the first year if no measures are taken". I am calling.