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'No Country Is Doing More' Than US to Fight Coronavirus in Africa, US
Official Says

Anita Powell

   JOHANNESBURG - "No country is doing more" to help African nations fight
   coronavirus than the United States, saidthe top U.S. diplomat to
   Africa.

   Although the U.S. has suspended contributions to the World Health
   Organization, Ambassador Tibor Nagysaid the U.S. is playing a vital
   role in helping African nations fight the virus.

   For 20 years, said Tibor Nagy, the U.S. has trained healthcare workers,
   helpedAfrican nations build their healthcare systems and more.

   And now, that work is being tested with a global pandemic that has
   killed more than 70,000 people in the United States -- and so far,
   about 1,000 people in Africa, which has the lowest caseload of any of
   the WHO's world regions.

   Nagy, the assistant secretary of the Bureau of African
   Affairs,spokebytelephoneWednesdayto journalists in Africa.

   "We are by far the largest donor nation to Africa and our impact is
   felt across the board. '¦ And now, in the fight against COVID-19, that
   commitment continues," Nagy said. "No other nationis doing more than we
   are. Of the more than $780 million the U.S. has pledged worldwide to
   fight the virus, close to $250 million dollars is geared towards
   Africa."

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