The prospects for the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic in Africa
Abstract On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced the identification of a new type of coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) as the etiological cause of a severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan city, Hubei Province. Over the next weeks, SARS‐CoV‐2 caused a global pandemic as officiall...
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| description | Abstract On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced the identification of a new type of coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) as the etiological cause of a severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan city, Hubei Province. Over the next weeks, SARS‐CoV‐2 caused a global pandemic as officially declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020, with confirmed cases and deaths in more than 166 countries. We are experiencing a worldwide phenomenon of unprecedented social and economic consequences. Since the beginning of the COVID‐19 outbreak, there have been fears that the epidemic could strongly impact weaker healthcare systems in poor‐resource settings, especially in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The 2 million Chinese nationals that live and work in Africa could potentially contribute to the spread of COVID‐19 on the continent. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de717e66ba714c75827ab3302df8aa4c2025-08-20T03:06:00ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842020-05-011261410.15252/emmm.202012488The prospects for the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic in AfricaVirginia Quaresima0Matteo M Naldini1Daniela M Cirillo2Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR‐Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteEmerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteAbstract On December 31, 2019, the Chinese government officially announced the identification of a new type of coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) as the etiological cause of a severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan city, Hubei Province. Over the next weeks, SARS‐CoV‐2 caused a global pandemic as officially declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020, with confirmed cases and deaths in more than 166 countries. We are experiencing a worldwide phenomenon of unprecedented social and economic consequences. Since the beginning of the COVID‐19 outbreak, there have been fears that the epidemic could strongly impact weaker healthcare systems in poor‐resource settings, especially in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The 2 million Chinese nationals that live and work in Africa could potentially contribute to the spread of COVID‐19 on the continent.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202012488 |
| spellingShingle | Virginia Quaresima Matteo M Naldini Daniela M Cirillo The prospects for the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic in Africa EMBO Molecular Medicine |
| title | The prospects for the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic in Africa |
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