Millions of people in Africa could be infected with the Kavid-19 virus

Ziaur Rahman Nipu, from Africa: Most of the world’s backward countries are located on the continent of Africa. The countries of Africa lag far behind the countries of other continents in terms of economic and social infrastructure. Due to the limitations of democracy, riots often break out in different parts of Africa due to national and sectarian factions.

In the meantime, the impact of Kavid-19 as a global epidemic could be worse in Africa than in other parts of the world. These countries will face significant challenges in dealing with the corona virus.

The death toll from Cavid-19 is still rising in developed countries, but the impact of the epidemic on Africa could be even worse. African continental and international organizations must work with bold decisions to prevent disasters. Because of this epidemic, no country in Africa will be able to deal with it alone.

Many African countries were unprepared to deal with the 2014 Ebola epidemic, which cost them dearly. Cavid-19 is far more deadly and dangerous than Ebola because it spreads rapidly, while African countries have poor health care systems, limited medical equipment, and social and economic barriers.

The number of corona patients in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa continued to rise sharply on February 14 after the first positive case of Cavid-19 was detected in the African country of Egypt. The death toll on the continent has already exceeded 1,500 and 30250 corona positive cases have been confirmed.

However, international organizations are reluctant to accept this calculation because many countries are not able to test corona as required due to the scarcity of corona testing kits.

While South Africa is in a good position in terms of health management, other countries in Africa lag far behind. According to the World Health Organization, there are only 1:06 doctors and nurses for every 1,000 inhabitants on the continent.

A study by Imperial College London found that millions of Africans could be infected with Cavid-19 in the next few weeks or months. The virus can kill 300,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa alone.

As a result, the social infrastructure of these countries will collapse, import-export incomes will decline, food supply chains will be disrupted and food shortages will lead to epidemics in some areas, resulting in the death of millions of people.

In the beginning, African leaders must learn from the WHO and from countries that have already experienced the horrors of the epidemic and are moving toward controlling it, just as South Korea is following South Africa.

So now only international action can save Africa from the impending epidemic. The overall cooperation of international donors and the former ruling countries of Africa will be able to protect Africa from a possible epidemic.