“We need aid for testing equipment,” Kwesi Quartey, the deputy chair of the African Union Commission, told a press conference.
“We are also being elbowed out in the space of personal protective equipment and commodities to support the entire spectrum of the response, ranging from prevention of transmission, prevention of deaths and prevention of harm,” Nkengasong said.As of Thursday there were around 11,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, on the continent — a rise of more than 4,000 from just a week ago, Nkengasong said, voicing concern about the “rapid increase”.
But he acknowledged that, like in other regions, Africa’s numbers were not “perfect” and said testing limitations would make community transmission of the coronavirus harder to detect and control. The AU has so far distributed some 70,000 testing kits to member states and plans to start shipping 100,000 more next week, Nkengasong said.
Silly people. Always portraying the image of the NEEDY child. Can we get ahead of lamentations ever! Wake up, AU! Silly.
JackMa WHY CAN'T YOU ASK CHINA TO SET UP A FIELD FACTORY IN NIGERIA/RWANDA AND MAKE YOUR OWN TEST KITS! AS WELL AS TESTED RECOVERED PLASMA FROM PATIENTS WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVIDー19 FOR SEVERLY ILL PATIENTS!! MAKE KITS FREE AND PAID FOR BY EACH GOVT! PrimatureRwanda
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