On the heels of news that Africa may be spared the worst impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, African officials and advisers are calling for vigilance across the continent. While the hardest-hit countries still boast fewer than six thousand cases, “in the past four weeks or so, they have seen a 500 percent increase,” warned Dr. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), later adding “we are already in an outbreak and pandemic, and we have to continue to prepare actively.”
