Africa UN Knowledge Hub for COVID-19

Despite a long-held wish for the pandemic to end, our findings suggest many may feel it is far from over, and that the public may disagree over whether the government has the right to make this call

Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose by 15% between January and February as several countries embarked on mass vaccination drives to expand coverage

As of March 18, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,328,133 while over 262,449,948 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

As countries across the world are easing or removing their covid-19 restrictions to open their economies and return to a normal life, countries in Africa are increasingly following suit, despite low vaccination rates.

Researchers in Botswana and South Africa have detected new sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 and are carrying out further investigations to fully understand crucial traits such as infectivity and virulence.

The crippling cost of debt financing for many developing countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, and constrained their ability to respond to further shocks.

As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’ of the changes, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, warning that lower case numbers and deaths do not necessarily mean ‘lower risk’.

New Covid-19 infections in Africa are at their lowest since April 2020 and have declined for 16 consecutive weeks, the World Health Organization said.

Recorded weekly cases have fallen for the past 16 weeks, while deaths have dropped for the last eight

As of April 14, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,450,166 while over 273,380,970 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.