WHO predicts 250 million affected on the continent

Nearly a quarter of a billion people in 47 African countries will contract coronaviruses in the coming year, but there will be fewer serious cases and fewer deaths than in the United States and Europe, according to predictions by new research from the World Health Organization (WHO ) for Africa. At four in the afternoon on Friday, May 15, the continent registers 77,390 positives and 2,582 deaths. New cases have been reported from Morocco, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Mauritania. The deceased, from Senegal (2), (1) and South Sudan. The latter country thus records its first death from coronavirus, according to a statement from the president's office, although the identity and other details of the victim have not been offered. As of Thursday, the young African country had registered a total of 231 cases of covid-19, and last Tuesday cases were detected for the first time in one of the IDP camps in the capital, Juba.

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Other news of the day is that a man from Harare, Zimbabwe, has been brought to court for revealing the positive status of someone else's covid-19 in a WhatsApp group in contravention of the Public Health Law, which establishes confidentiality. of the patient, Zambia has reopened its Nakonde-Tanzania border on Friday after a five-day closure, the Ivory Coast government has reported a relaxation of restrictions imposed to contain the pandemic and a resident of the Angolan capital, Luanda , has died at the hands of the police during a control to enforce the containment measures. In addition, around half a million people, including 240,000 children, are displaced in East Africa in crowded camps, churches and schools because of recent torrential rains, posing an increased risk of contracting covid-19.