African 開発 Bank 認可するs $288 mn ウイルス 貸付金 to S.Africa

The loan falls under the AfDB's $10 billion coronavirus response budget

The 貸付金 落ちるs under the AfDB's $10 billion coronavirus 返答 予算

The African 開発 Bank on Wednesday 認可するd a $288 million (249 million euro) 貸付金 to South Africa to help fight coronavirus and mitigate the 経済的な fallout of the pandemic.

South Africa is the hardest-攻撃する,衝突する country on the continent, with over 380,000 事例/患者s and at least 5,368 fatalities 記録,記録的な/記録するd to date.

It 階級s の中で the 最高の,を越す five countries in the world ーに関して/ーの点でs of 確認するd 感染s.

"The board of directors of the African 開発 Bank (AfDB) has 認可するd a 貸付金 of だいたい R5 billion ($288 million) to the 政府 of South Africa, as the country 戦う/戦いs one of the largest COVID-19 caseloads in the world," the AfDB said in a 声明 on Wednesday.

The 貸付金 落ちるs under the AfDB's $10 billion coronavirus 返答 予算 and was 用意が出来ている に引き続いて "a request from the 政府 of South Africa".

It is the AfDB's first 予算 support to the country.

Africa's most industrialised economy is 推定する/予想するd to 契約 by between 6.3 and 7.5 パーセント 予定 to the pandemic, によれば the AfDB.

The country was already in 後退,不況 before the coronavirus 突発/発生 with a 登録(する)d GDP gro wth of just 0.2 パーセント in 2019 -- the lowest in a 10年間.

"South Africa's ability to 答える/応じる to the pandemic has 関わりあい/含蓄s for 隣人ing countries 同様に as the continent as a whole, given its position as Africa's second-largest economy after Nigeria," the AfDB said.

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