Despite several major scares, Africa, so far, is free from deadly China originated coronavirus dubbed Covid-19. More than 74,000 people have been infected by the virus and hundreds more in over 25 countries. Fatalities in China have so far hit more than 2,400.
Africa is at the moment free from the killer virus. As a result, this has led to the spread of a misleading narrative that Africans, due to their genetic composition and skin can resist Covid-19. This is after two people suspected to have contracted the virus were successfully treated in Egypt and a Cameroonian who was treated in China.
On February 12, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the person confirmed to have the virus in the North African state “is no longer carrying the virus.”The nationality of the person was however not confirmed. Egypt State TV said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation at the hospital. Read more…
