Coronavirus: Africa, at first spared, now confronts outbreaks all over the continent

From South Africa to Ghana to Nigeria, African countries are scrambling to contain the Covid-19 outbreak as hotspots emerge across the continent.In Ghana, more than 500 workers at a fish factory tested positive for coronavirus; in South Africa, Cape Town has become the nation’s coronavirus epicentre. In East Africa, there is growing concern that truck drivers, who transport cargo across borders, have been super-spreaders of the pandemic.Initially, Africa was not hit as hard as the United States…

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