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In Tackling COVID-19, Africa Gives World Lesson

Simon Marks

   ADDIS ABABA - Africa's response to COVID-19 has gained global
   recognition for its fast and targeted action.

   The Africa Centres for Disease Control has helped direct the
   continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised for responding better
   than some richer countries, including the United States. Africa has
   registered 37,000 deaths since the first case was announced, compared
   to more than 210,000 in the U.S.

   In late February, after Egypt confirmed Africa's first COVID-19 cases,
   John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control,
   called a high-level meeting of health ministers.

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