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Ebola Epidemic May Help Africa Dodge the Coronavirus Bullet

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The World Health Organization is scaling up measures to keep
   Africa free of the deadly coronavirus by shoring up the continent's
   fragile health system and by increasing preparedness efforts to tackle
   the potential spread of the dangerous virus to the continent. WHO
   reports 31,211 cases, including 637 deaths inside China, and 270 cases
   in 24 countries and two deaths outside mainland China.

   The novel coronavirus has been moving with breathtaking speed since it
   was first detected in China's Wuhan city in December. While this
   pneumonia-like illness has been expanding to more countries around the
   world, it so far has not penetrated Africa.

   This is of little comfort to WHO Regional Director for Africa
   Matshidiso Moeti. She tells VOA watching the virus reach other
   continents around the world is of great concern.

   "We know that there is quite significant travel of people from China to
   Africa and back. So, businesspeople, both Chinese people working in
   different African countries. And, we have an intense travel of African
   businesspeople, particularly going to China. So, we are concerned."
   

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