{"id":39644,"date":"2021-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=323d784ac49c61144d00c8687eac134f"},"modified":"2021-09-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T00:00:00","slug":"covid-19-who-says-coronavirus-third-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/covid-19-who-says-coronavirus-third-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: WHO says coronavirus third wave"},"content":{"rendered":"
The World Health Organization\u2019s Africa regional body says the current wave of COVID-19 on the continent is easing off but warned that the \u201cfight is far from over\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
WHO Africa\u2019s director for communicable disease response Dr. Benido Impouma said that a fourth wave spreading throughout the continent during the festive season could be the \u201cmost brutal yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The WHO is telling countries in Africa to use the intervening time of the relative dip in cases to get prepared by strengthening their capacities for a vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Impouma also mentioned that inconsistent vaccine supply to date has been affecting people\u2019s uptake of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
African countries have mostly relied on donations to vaccinate their populations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Leaders attending the UN General Assembly have criticized vaccine inequity in their speeches.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Nam News Network<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The World Health Organization\u2019s Africa regional body says the current wave of COVID-19 on the continent is easing off but warned that the \u201cfight is far from over\u201d.WHO Africa\u2019s director for communicable disease response Dr. Benido Impouma said that a fo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n