Africa fights fake Covid ‘facts’ as infections soar again

Citing vaccines, the Africa CDC director says one of the biggest challenges now is false information and its impact

03 December 2020 - 21:13 By claire keeton

The number of new coronavirus infections a day in Africa is climbing steadily towards the peak of its first wave of infections in July, which reached about 14,000 new cases a day, said the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Dr John Nkengasong, on Thursday...

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