Africa ready for potential new COVID-19 wave, experts affirm at AEC2020 special session

Africa is better equipped to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19, leveraging on measures adopted in tackling the pandemic’s initial adverse health effects, experts affirmed during a special session on the second day of the 2020 Africa Economic Conference. “The continent is much more prepared to deal with the second wave than we were 11 months ago,” Dr. John Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said during the session on “Post COVID-19 implications for strategic human capital development in Africa.&rdquo […] Read More