No one is born hating someone else because of their skin color, social background or religion. People hate because they have learned to hate, and if they can learn to hate they can also learn to love, because love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Nelson Mandela
Six out of seven Covid 19 infections
they escape undetected in Africa
Brazzaville, October 14, 2021 - A new assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that only 14.2% - or one in seven - COVID-19 infections are detected in Africa. The head of the WHO Regional Office for Africa today announced a new initiative to improve community screening for COVID-19 in eight countries.
The WHO analysis used the COVID-19 calculator developed by Resolve to Save Lives which estimates infections based on the reported number of cases and deaths and a mortality rate from infection based on population-based studies. This analysis found that as of 10 October 2021 the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections is estimated at 59 million in Africa, seven times more than the more than 8 million reported cases.
Countries participating in the program are Burundi, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, Senegal and Zambia.
Vaccination rates remain low, with only 30% of the continent's 54 nations having fully vaccinated 10% of their population against the disease, compared to nearly 90% in high-income countries.
Estimates show that between 65% and 85% of COVID-19 infections in Africa generate few or no symptoms. As a result, most Africans infected with the disease do not seek treatment in local health facilities where most of the tests now take place. However, asymptomatic individuals play a key role in facilitating transmission to vulnerable individuals who may suffer from serious illness or die.