siyavuya mzantsi siyavuya.mzantsi@inl.co.za POOR adherence to public health measures, mass gatherings, low testing and vaccination rates have been cited as factors that continue to pose the high risk of Covid-19 resurgence in several African countries.
The analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that three countries face very high risk of Covid-19 resurgence, 20 face high, 22 moderate risk, and only one country faces low risk.
This risk assessment was conducted in 46 countries and estimated using seven indicators with data from the past four weeks.
These include Covid-19 cases per million people; the percentage of change in new cases; the percentage of change in new deaths; the reproductive number (the rate at which an infection spreads); the pandemic trend; the average weekly number of tests per 10…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2021-04-30