Big African cities with international travel links worst hit by Covid-19
The countries thought to be at the highest risk from coronavirus had the lowest levels of restrictions and bans
19 September 2021 - 18:49
African countries expected to be the “least vulnerable to an epidemic” were the hardest hit by Covid-19, with SA the worst affected by deaths in the first and second waves, a new study in the journal Nature Medicine (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01491-7) shows.
Those with the biggest urban populations and international travel hubs were the hardest hit by Covid-19 deaths, the researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa region found...
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