Africa’s coronavirus pandemic has 攻撃する,衝突する ‘十分な 速度(を上げる)’, the continent’s 中心 for 病気 支配(する)/統制する 長,指導者 警告するs

  • Africa has より勝るd 500,000 coronavirus 事例/患者s with more than 12,000 deaths
  • South Africa has the most 確認するd 事例/患者s on the?continent?with over 224,000?
  • 臨床の 裁判,公判s for a Covid-19 ワクチン have begun in South Africa and Egypt
  • For a continent?of more than 1.3 billion, more needs to be done the CDC has said

The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is reaching '十分な 速度(を上げる),' the Africa 中心s for 病気 支配(する)/統制する and 予防 長,指導者 said on Thursday, as the total number of 事例/患者s rose over 500,000 on Wednesday.

Just a day after 確認するd coronavirus 事例/患者s across Africa より勝るd the half-million milestone the total was over 522,000 and climbing, with more than 12,000 deaths. With 実験(する)ing levels low, the real numbers are unknown.

South Africa has the most 確認するd 事例/患者s with over 224,000, and for the first time Gauteng 州 - home to Johannesburg and the 資本/首都, Pretoria - has the country's most 事例/患者s with over 75,000, or 33%.

South Africa has the highest number of cases of any county in Africa with over 224,000. Gauteng province - home to?Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria - has 75,000 of them. Above,?Freshly-dug graves in a row at Johannesburg's main Westpark Cemetery, Thursday, July 9, 2020
South Africa has the highest number of cases of any county in Africa with over 224,000. Gauteng province - home to?Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria - has 75,000 of them. Above,?Freshly-dug graves in a row at Johannesburg's main Westpark Cemetery, Thursday, July 9, 2020

South Africa has the highest number of 事例/患者s of any 郡 in Africa with over 224,000. Gauteng 州 - home to?Johannesburg and the 資本/首都, Pretoria - has 75,000 of them. Above,?Freshly-dug 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 at Johannesburg's main Westpark 共同墓地, Thursday, July 9, 2020

地方の 公式の/役人 Bandile Masuku, a 医療の doctor, startled South Africans when he told reporters on Wednesday that Gauteng is 準備するing over 1.5 million 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs. 'It's a reality that we need to を取り引きする,' he said, and it's the public's 責任/義務 'to make sure that we don't get there.'

But the 州 in a 声明 Thursday sought to 静める 恐れるs, 説 it 'does not have over a million already open dug 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs' and 明らかにするd that the 公式の/役人 was 説 the 州 has enough space for that many.

It also said six members of Gauteng's COVID-19 War Room have 実験(する)d 肯定的な for the ウイルス.

Modeling has shown that South Africa will have nowhere の近くに to that many deaths in the months ahead. Several models 予測(する) between 40,000 and 80,000 by the end of the year.

Just a day after confirmed coronavirus cases across Africa surpassed the half-million milestone the total was over 522,000 and climbing, with more than 12,000 deaths. However, testing levels are low and the true number is feared to be much higher.?Ivory Coast Ministry of Health workers measures people's body temperatures

Just a day after 確認するd coronavirus 事例/患者s across Africa より勝るd the half-million milestone the total was over 522,000 and climbing, with more than 12,000 deaths. However, 実験(する)ing levels are low and the true number is 恐れるd to be much higher.?Ivory Coast 省 of Health 労働者s 対策 people's 団体/死体 気温s?

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief called for more mask wearing, saying that 'this battle will be won or lost at the community level' and called for more testing. Above, a pupil's temperature is checked on returning to school in Johannesburg, July 7, 2020

Africa 中心s for 病気 支配(する)/統制する and 予防 長,指導者 called for more mask wearing, 説 that 'this 戦う/戦い will be won or lost at the community level' and called for more 実験(する)ing. Above, a pupil's 気温 is checked on returning to school in Johannesburg, July 7, 2020

Asked about the 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大なs, Africa CDC 長,指導者 John Nkengasong said 'there's 絶対 no 害(を与える) to think ahead' and 準備する for the 'worst-事例/患者 シナリオ.'

'We've crossed a 批判的な number here,' he said of the half-million milestone. 'Our pandemic is getting 十分な 速度(を上げる).'

He called for more mask-wearing, 説 'this 戦う/戦い will be won or lost at the community level.' He also called for more 実験(する)ing, as just 5.7 million 実験(する)s for the new ウイルス have been 行為/行うd across the continent of 1.3 billion people.

With painful memories of many people dying in Africa while waiting for accessible HIV 麻薬s years ago, the Africa CDC on Thursday 開始する,打ち上げるd a 国際借款団/連合 目的(とする)d at 安全な・保証するing more than 10 late-行う/開催する/段階 COVID-19 ワクチン 臨床の 裁判,公判s on the continent as 早期に as possible.

'We want to be sure we don't find ourselves in the 1996 シナリオ where HIV 麻薬s were 利用できる but it took almost seven years for those 麻薬s to be accessible on the continent,' Nkengasong said.

With any COVID-19 ワクチン, a '延期する in Africa of even one year would be 壊滅的な,' he said.

In recent days, Africa has begun taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trials with people in South Africa and Egypt the first to begin trial
s. Above,?A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, June 24, 2020

In 最近の days, Africa has begun taking part in COVID-19 ワクチン 裁判,公判s with people in South Africa and Egypt the first to begin 裁判,公判s. Above,?A volunteer receives an 注射 from a 医療の 労働者 during the country's first human 臨床の 裁判,公判 for a 可能性のある ワクチン against the novel coronavirus, at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, June 24, 2020

Pictured:?A boy sells fish at his street stall in front of an informational mural warning people about the dangers of coronavirus and how to prevent transmission, with words in Swahili reading 'We are the Cure', painted by youth artists from the Uweza Foundation, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Pictured:?A boy sells fish at his street stall in front of an informational mural warning people about the dangers of coronavirus and how to prevent transmission, with words in Swahili reading 'We are the Cure', painted by youth artists from the Uweza Foundation, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Pictured:?A boy sells fish at his street 立ち往生させる in 前線 of an informational mural 警告 people about the dangers of coronavirus and how to 妨げる 伝達/伝染, with words in Swahili reading 'We are the Cure', painted by 青年 artists from the Uweza 創立/基礎, in the Kibera slum, or informal 解決/入植地, of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said on Thursday that the Covid-19 pandemic is reaching 'full speed' on the continent. Above, a mask-clad camel guide stands before a camel at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2020

Africa 中心s for 病気 支配(する)/統制する and 予防 長,指導者 said on Thursday that the Covid-19 pandemic is reaching '十分な 速度(を上げる)' on the continent. Above, a mask-覆う? camel guide stands before a camel at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern 郊外s of the Egyptian 資本/首都 Cairo on July 1, 2020

He said the new 国際借款団/連合 of African 会・原則s will engage with the GAVI ワクチン 同盟 and other (独立の)存在s outside the continent まっただ中に 成果/努力s to 確実にする that a ワクチン is 分配するd equitably from the start.

Those 成果/努力s are challenged by the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs and others assertively making 取引,協定s with ワクチン 製造者s to 安全な・保証する 供給(する)s in 前進する.

The African Union last month said 政府s around the world should '除去する all 障害s' to swift and equitable 配当 of any successful COVID-19 ワクチン, 含むing by making all 知識人 所有物/資産/財産 and 科学(工学)技術s すぐに 利用できる.

Africa in 最近の days has begun taking part in COVID-19 ワクチン 裁判,公判s in the 直面する of 増加するing misinformation on the continent.?

裁判,公判s have begun in South Africa and Egypt, but Nkengasong said a 'continent of 1.3 billion people deserves more than just two countries 参加するing.'

A ワクチン 'is the only 武器 to 許す our lives to return to normal,' he said.

Africa has some 17% of the world's population and less than 3% of its clinical vaccin
e trials. Above,?the Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on June 22, 2020

Africa has some 17% of the world's 全住民 and いっそう少なく than 3% of its 臨床の ワクチン 裁判,公判s. Above,?the Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on June 22, 2020

Pictured:?Meals on Wheels Volunteers distribute food parcels while wearing masks in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on July 6, 2020

Pictured:?Meals on Wheels Volunteers 分配する food 小包s while wearing masks in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on July 6, 2020

行為/行うing 臨床の 裁判,公判s in Africa is '極端に important' to see how a ワクチン 成し遂げるs in a 地元の 状況, the World Healt h Organization's Africa 長,指導者, Matshidiso Moeti, told reporters Thursday.

Many life-saving ワクチンs have lagged between five and 20 years from the time they become 利用できる in high-income countries to when they're 利用できる in low-income ones.?

That's in part because 地元の data is 欠如(する)ing, said Shabir Madhi, 主要な/長/主犯 捜査官/調査官 of the Oxford COVID-19 ワクチン 裁判,公判 in South Africa.

Africa has some 17% of the world's 全住民 and いっそう少なく than 3% of its 臨床の 裁判,公判s, he said. 'If anything, the 批評 権利 now shouldn't be about the 可能性 of using Africans as guinea pigs.'

Africa sees few 裁判,公判s 'because there's very little 財政上の incentive on the part of 産業,' Madhi 追加するd. 'So the entire conversation needs to be flipped on its 長,率いる.'?

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