Africa mobilizes against new coronavirus as fears mount

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"Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The Ebola virus raged through Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in 2014-2016, killing about 11,300 people. "Our health system is vulnerable and there are no good specialists. With malaria, people are already dropping like flies," he said.

Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda and Mauritius are expected to "enhance screening" because of frequent traffic with China, he said.Elsewhere, governments have enacted travel bans or urged people to remain indoors, adding to a sense of alarm.

And yet the philippines who belongs to a third world country and relies outside help even lab test is still waiting for an uncontrollable scenario before blocking influx of Chinese.....

Ouchhhh WHO

This is one which alarms the ignorant. Too much panic. You really wNted to make this catastrophe. But no. It wont. You just wanted any thing to fall on dhterte. Too much money poured by oligarchs. Knstead if paying the right taxes and instead of doing fajr business.

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