Kenyan Study Suggests Parts Of Africa Saw Fewer Severe Cases Of Covid-19 Despite Wide Spread

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A Kenyan study suggests that parts of Africa saw fewer severe cases of Covid-19 despite widespread

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School. After a long period of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic schools reopened under precautionary measures such as social distancing between pupils in classes, having students temperatures checked regularly and washing hands with sanitiser. that analyzed blood samples from donors across Kenya has found that by June 2020 nearly 4.3% Kenyans had antibodies to the coronavirus – a rate similar to what countries like Spain and the U.S. reported at the peak of Covid-19 outbreaks.

Kenya, a country in eastern Africa, had recorded 20,636 Covid-19 cases and 341 deaths by the end of July. To understand the pattern of spread better, researchers collected 3,174 blood samples from four Kenyan regional blood transfusion centers from late April to mid-June 2020. The samples belonged to individuals aged 15-66 years.

The seroprevalence of 4.3% was considerably higher than what the researchers previously thought. It was similar when segregated for gender but higher in the younger age groups, and in urban areas. “These results are relevant as they are evidence for the need to invest in further research to explain the development of pandemic across the continent,” said Sophie Uyoga, the study’s lead author and a post-doctoral researcher at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya. “There is currently very little data from the African continent where we think the pandemic may be running a different course from what we are witnessing in Europe and the USA.

 

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Some parts saw no cases at all.

My guess is that their more natural / less processed diet is a material factor.

African germs are stronger than crona.

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The median age in Kenya is 20. The disease disproportionately effects the old. 🤷🏻‍♂️

God bless Africa 🥺🙏🙏♥️

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