The report, which was released on Friday, cited modelling from Imperial College London, stating that “Africa could see 300,000 deaths from coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario.”
Because Africa has widespread health problems it makes people of the continent “particularly susceptible” to the virus, also “of all the continents Africa has the highest prevalence of certain underlying conditions like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS” the UN report said. A French online news portal Jeune Afrique reported that a close person to the deceased disclosed that he had died after contracting the virus during the last elections held in the country held on 22 March this year.A South African surrounded by history- his grandfather was the first black South African lecturer at Witswatersrand University, he produced an English/Zulu dictionary and is known for enormous achievements when the country was then divided sharply by race.
The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Justice Yankso, confirmed adding that the deceased had underlying health conditions. He was the former president of the GMA + Ghana kidney Association.He was also known as “the king of oud”. He died in London at the age of 92 from COVID – 19. He died at the age of 68, after contracting coronavirus at a hospital in Egypt. The Director of the hospital, Hisham Wagdy, said, “he was admitted to the hospital on March 21 after suffering a heart attack before testing positive for the new coronavirus and being quarantined.”Somali’s former prime minister, he died of the virus in London at age 82. He served as a prime minister from November 2007 – Feb 2009. In 1991, he was an attorney general under President Siad Barre’s leadership.
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