Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest]

[Phitz]

Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest] - African Arguments

Africa continues to show a low number of cases. Total cases on the entire continent with a billion people is near equal to tne entire number of cases in Canada, less than that of Michigan or Florida.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Still the governments need to take more measures. They were way too slow in closing their borders, and the Healthcare systems are not good enough to resist massive contamination (plus they reserved to the richer).

No social safety net as well in several countries to hold down families in case of lockdown.

This is serious for everybody.

 

[Phitz]

Still the governments need to take more measures. They were way too slow in closing their borders, and the Healthcare systems are not good enough

This is every government in the world that should have taken more measures. They are trying, I honestly don't think this is all the govt. I also think this is biblical in combination with man influenced. As if the whole world is being chastiesed but one tribe is getting the brunt of it. Kind of like how all the brothers in a family did something bad but the ring leader of the sin gets it the most. I mean look which country in Africa is getting it the most. Its like the closer you are to the ring leader in practice and proximity the more you get hit.

 

[Take It In Blood]

This might be a stupid question

are people there regularly getting tested and coming back with all these negatives?

or are there just very few people actually getting tested therefore there are very few positive cases?

 

[MischievousMonkey]

This might be a stupid question

are people there regularly getting tested and coming back with all these negatives?

or are there just very few people actually getting tested therefore there are very few positive cases?

Not a stupid question, but a legitimate one. That's the case for every country, even South Korea were they did crazy massive testing.

As long as you don't test the whole pop every day you're to have just a sample of the sick.

 

[QuintessentialMan]

We're not testing is the scary part though.
But yes The case count is low, the death count is low and we're all just hoping it doesn't start to rise because
Nigeria only has 5 labs right now that can even test for it and the population is 100,000,000. This thing caught us napping too.
Basically everyone is just being vigilant, washing hands, social distancing and banking on the Sun and natural immunity to get us out of this.

 

[Cynic]

Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest] - African Arguments

Africa continues to show a low number of cases. Total cases on the entire continent with a billion people is near equal to tne entire number of cases in Canada, less than that of Michigan or Florida.

Younger populace, weather and lack of testing.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

They need to stop the Chinese from flying in and out. Those people are still contagious.

 

[peppe]

Africa has also the advantage of having pandemic experience when they faced ebola.

For a third world country they handled it very well.

 

[African_brehda]

This thing caught us napping to

Which shouldn't have been the case...borders should have been closed long time ago...

Ghana finally decided to quarantine and test people who were coming into the country from abroad...now those people amount to more than half of our case count...so imagine the people who came into the country before the testing and quarantine begun..

 

[Secure Da Bag]

South Sudan, Malawi, and DR Congo have 0 confirmed.

I'm doubtful of DR Congo though.

 

[Enzo]

Problem is there aren't many testing kits. Here in Ethiopia, only 18 people have tested positive, but the ministry has only tested 790 something up until now

 

[Phitz]

We're not testing is the scary part though.
But yes The case count is low, the death count is low and we're all just hoping it doesn't start to rise because
Nigeria only has 5 labs right now that can even test for it and the population is 100,000,000. This thing caught us napping too.
Basically everyone is just being vigilant, washing hands, social distancing and banking on the Sun and natural immunity to get us out of this.

This might be a stupid question

are people there regularly getting tested and coming back with all these negatives?

or are there just very few people actually getting tested therefore there are very few positive cases?

Problem is there aren't many testing kits. Here in Ethiopia, only 18 people have tested positive, but the ministry has only tested 790 something up until now

Younger populace, weather and lack of testing.

EVERYBODY has lack of testing, I dont count that. Most numbers are just a snapshot due to lack of test GLOBALLY.


These questions could be for any nation. No nation has been prepared for this. Sometimes when it comes to Africa people tend to NOT think first and just start of from a stereotyypical frame of reference.

 

[sportscribe]

Africa has also the advantage of having pandemic experience when they faced ebola.

For a third world country they handled it very well.

It's a combination of low testing (only those showing serious symptoms are being tested), large percentage of African populations living in rural areas and a very young population (especially in urban areas). Even among the confirmed cases, there are not many fatalities.