Nation | by AFP
Brazzaville
Deaths from Covid-19 in Africa surged by 40 percent over the last month, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, as the continent’s toll approaches 100,000.
“Over 22,300 deaths were reported in Africa in the last 28 days, compared with nearly 16,000 deaths in the previous 28 days,” said the WHO Africa office based in the Republic of the Congo capital Brazzaville.
“This comes as Africa battles new, more contagious variants and gears up for its largest-ever vaccination drive,” the UN agency said in…
