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AFRICA HAS SURPASSED two million confirmed coronavirus cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that the 54-country continent has seen more than 48,000 deaths from Covid-19.
The continent of 1.3 billion people is being warned against “prevention fatigue” as countries loosen pandemic restrictions to ease their economies’ suffering and more people travel.
The Africa CDC director this week openly worried that the level of mask-wearing has gone down and called that dangerous.
“We don’t know how high the second peak will come,” John Nkengasong said on Monday.
While the world takes hope from recent news about promising Covid-19 vaccines, African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies.
Several African countries have confirmed virus cases in the six figures. South Africa leads with more than 750,000, while Morocco has more than 300,000, Egypt more than 110,000 and Ethiopia more than 100,000.
Kenya is the latest concern as it sees a fresh surge in cases.
At least four doctors died on Saturday alone, leading a powerful health union in the country to threaten a nationwide strike starting next month.
Africa has conducted nearly 20 million coronavirus tests since the pandemic began but shortages mean the true number of infections is unknown.
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Mum’s gone to Miceland.
@Killian Ryan: ah it will strengthen your immunity ya be alright
It doesn’t take rats to avoid Iceland
Had a detour to Gorey th’other week and got a few frozen nibbles in there. Glad I only went to the fridges and took nothing from the shelves. I don’t think I’ll be going there in future.
@DaisyChainsaw: I think something already had a nibble on your nibbles.
@WJH: Ewww. Time to bleach the fridge!!
@DaisyChainsaw: and your nibbles..
Thought that was the new FG poster.
@Sean Conway: Give it up!
Whatever about the health implications, I can’t get over how cute those little guys in the photo look.
Last time we went to Iceland my wife found fifty euros on the ground outside. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose.
Surely this is exactly the place where the homeless cats from yesterdays ispca article need to be re-housed
Trust iceland !
Mickey mouse story.
I bet it was the CHEESE & onion crisps they were at
@Brian Fitzmaurice: Dead right, I’m sticking to the salt and vinegar crisps from now on.
Last time I went to Iceland it was bright in the middle of the night.
Perhaps the rats dropped the 50 Euro: It’s the sort of thing you expect from Irish rats.
Get fresh supply school lunches and college food ffs
@Bootz Tully: is it the one company that does it? Or would they have different areas over Ireland? My son gets his school lunch from them.
Sweet and sour Rat, very tasty very sweet.
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