Africa CDC urges avoiding prevention fatigue amid easing lockdowns


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Aug 2020

ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged the continent to avoid coronavirus "prevention fatigue."

The urgent call was made by John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC, who noted "a slight decrease" in COVID-19 infection rates on the continent, and said this "gives some signs of hope that we are beginning to bend the curve slowly," an AU statement issued on Saturday quoted Nkengasong as saying.

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