W.H.O Lists 13 High-risk African Countries For Corona Virus.

World Health Organization ( WHO ) releases names of top African with high likeliness of attracting the new Corona Virus

With Nigeria topping the list, the names of African countries that can get the pneumonia-like virus which originated from China has been put on high alert.

The virus has currently killed more than 213 people in the mainland China and several reports of signs in Europe.

The WHO has declared the virus a global disaster yesterday thereby putting all other countries which are yet to be affected on their toes.

This is a statement from the W.H.O;

“WHO has identified 13 top priority countries (Algeria, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia) which either have direct links or a high volume of travel to China.

“To ensure rapid detection of the novel coronavirus, it is important to have laboratories which can test samples and WHO is supporting countries to improve their testing capacity. Since this is a new virus, there are currently only two referral laboratories in the African region which have the reagents needed to conduct such tests.

“However, reagent kits are being shipped to more than 20 other countries in the region, so diagnostic capacity is expected to increase over the coming days. Active screening at airports has been established in a majority of these countries and while they will be WHO first areas of focus, the organization will support all countries in the region in their preparation efforts.

“It is critical that countries step up their readiness and in particular put in place effective screening mechanisms at airports and other major points of entry to ensure that the first cases are detected quickly”.