It saddens to watch a resourceful continent "Africa" suffer the majority of this pandemic hitting the world at this present time. Presently, Africa as a whole is reporting a low amount of cases simply due to lack of testing, also poor people are being made to pay for the test, I remembered when the cases began in the United States of America some states required people paying for the test, but not after several media outburst how immoral it was to get people already suffering from the loss of jobs, sickness and nearly close to death to pay for such testing. In Africa, most of the countries require you pay for these tests, come to think of it Africans already living under Worlds poverty levels, which means most people cannot afford to feed themselves, so when they contract this deadly virus where would they get money to pay for the test and as we've all known this virus to be very contagious, simply means people will not get tested and the spread will be expeditious.
I saw a post on https://nypost.com titled "Africa should ‘prepare for the worst" with coronavirus, WHO says ' “I think Africa should wake up. My continent should wake up,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who comes from Ethiopia.
Crowded conditions in poor areas could lead to even faster transmission, experts say. Countless South Africans continue to pack into commuter trains and minivan taxis. But the annual pilgrimage of the Zion Christian Church, which attracts about 3 million people, was canceled.
“We have low-income workers who cannot afford to self-isolate or take time off work,” said public health expert Dr. Atiya Mosam, who also worried about the large population without clean water or sanitation or vulnerable from HIV or tuberculosis.
Also Wednesday, sub-Saharan Africa saw its second death from COVID-19, in Burkina Faso, which has one of the continent’s highest number of cases but has not imposed measures such as closing borders or banning religious services. Sudan previously reported a death.
In Kenya, police said a man accused of having the coronavirus was beaten to death. A police report obtained by The Associated Press said the man was returning home from a night out Wednesday when a group of youth approached and “took advantage of his drunkenness.”
In Ethiopia, the U.S. Embassy noted a rise in anti-foreigner sentiment after cases emerged there. “Reports indicate that foreigners have been attacked with stones, denied transportation services, being spat on, chased on foot, and been accused of being infected with COVID-19,” a security alert said.
Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, announced restrictions on the entry of travelers from countries with more than 1,000 coronavirus cases, including China and the U.S., and suspended visas on arrival for their citizens.
Majority of the post pulled from https://nypost.com/2020/03/19/africa-should-prepare-for-the-worst-with-coronavirus-who-says/