The progression of Covid-19 in Africa may be following a different path to other parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Six months after the first case was detected on the continent, the WHO says African nations may be seeing a more gradual rise in cases, rather than rapid, large surges as happened in other parts of the world.
We’ve looked at what we know about the disease in Africa.
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The continent passed one million cases on 6 August, but the rate of increase has slowed.
In the week ending 16 August, the WHO Africa region (which excludes Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Tunisia and Libya) reported the largest decrease in new daily cases and deaths globally.
The growth in numbers of new cases was down by 27% and in deaths by 21% compared with the previous week, largely due to falling numbers in South Africa, Kenya, Algeria, Nigeria and Ghana.
However, Ethiopia reported a 56% growth in new cases and a 12% increase in deaths, with more than half of the cases in Addis Ababa. The country is running a mass testing campaign, aiming at conducting 400,000 tests in one month.
The WHO says many countries are seeing gradual rises, making it difficult to indentify a specific peak…