WHO warns Covid could kill up to 1,90,000 people in Africa in first year if measures fail

World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, May 7 warned that vel coronavirus could kill anything between 83,000 to 1,90,000 people in Africa during first year of outbreak, if containment measures fail. new study by WHO has predicted that 29 million to 44 million could get infected in region in first year of pandemic. 

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"While COVID-19 likely won’t spre as exponentially in Africa as it has elsewhere in world, it likely will smoulder in transmission hotspots," said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. "COVID-19 could become a fixture in our lives for next several years unless a proactive approach is taken by many governments in region. We need to test, trace, isolate, and treat," she ded. 

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research, which is based on prediction modelling, looks at 47 countries in WHO African Region with a total population of one billion. According to WHO re were on aver nine intensive care unit beds per one million people in region. "se would be woefully inequate," WHO said. According to study, available medical capacity in Africa would be overwhelmed as it predicted that re would be an estimated 3.6 million–5.5 million COVID-19 hospitalizations in first year.

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" importance of promoting effective containment measures is ever more crucial, as sustained and widespre transmission of virus could severely overwhelm our health systems. Curbing a largescale outbreak is far costlier than ongoing preventive measures governments are undertaking to contain spre of virus," said Dr. Moeti.

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to figures by worldometer website, world has recorded 3.91 million coronavirus cases so far, of which 2,70,711 people have lost ir lives. Health experts believe that virus originated from a market in Chinese city of Wuhan, where exotic animals were reportedly being tred illegally. 

(Im Credit: UN)