Africa, wake up, and prepare for the worst, warns WHO head

April 3, 2019. BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE: People wait to receive the vaccine for cholera at the Ifapa accommodation for people displaced by Cyclone Idai.Picture: UNICEF/James OatwaySub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first COVID-19 death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organisation urged the continent to “prepare for the worst”.

Medical authorities in the poor Sahel state of Burkina Faso announced Wednesday that the number of infections there had risen by seven to 27 — and that one of them, a 62-year-old diabetic woman, had died overnight. Those figures are relatively small compared to the rest of world — the global death toll has passed 8,800 with almost 210,000 total infections.

On Wednesday, Cape Verde — a tropical archipelago off Africa’s west coast that is heavily dependent on tourism — and the continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria, joined others in banning flights from the countries most affected by coronavirus.

Everyone had to wait for WHO to fully recognize the virus to tell us it is a pandemic ..now it want to acknowledge the fact we in trouble .nxm

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