The global health however observed that the rate of deceleration is slower than the previous waves owing to the impact of more transmissible variants.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, who stated this during a virtual press conference facilitated by APO Group yesterday, said that though the COVID-19 cases have declined appreciably, the downward trend is frustratingly slow due to the lingering effects of the more infectious Delta variant.
According to her, the more contagious Delta variant that partly fuelled the third wave has been dominant in several countries that experienced COVID-19 surge. She said, “The third wave has shown us how variants can hijack the efforts to tame the pandemic. Countries must step up surveillance because, without genomic information, variants can spread undetected. You can’t fix what you don’t measure. WHO has also recently provided financial support to countries including Eswatini, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal to reinforce genomic surveillance.
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