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The IMF says the economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa remains "extremely uncertain." Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to recover slowest from the covid-19 pandemic Skip to main content
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. [4]
Following warnings and increased preparedness in the 2000s, the 2009 swine flu pandemic led to rapid anti-pandemic reactions amongst the Western countries. The H1N1/09 virus strain with mild symptoms and low lethality eventually led to a backlash over public sector over-reactiveness, spending, and the high cost of the 2009 flu vaccine.
“The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15%,” Gates replied. “And it’d be nice to think we’re actually more ready for that than we were last ...
Our species lived through the Spanish flu, polio, ebola, SARS, and swine flu. How have humans gotten themselves out of pandemics in the past? And how might we get out of this one?
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Given the enormous growth in indebtedness across Africa in 2020, there is a definite possibility of this cycle recurring, impeding recovery from the pandemic. [ 261 ] [ 262 ] COVID-19 Enterprise survey follow-up modules were conducted in nine African nations between 2020 and 2021, producing results consistent with a severe economic effect.
New strains of the virus were found in December 2020 in South Africa and Nigeria, in addition to the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant reported in the United Kingdom in September. [ 10 ] The African Union secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa; it was announced on 13 January 2021.