On the 14th local time, the WHO Regional Office for Africa held an online press conference in Brazzaville, capital of Congo (Brazzaville). According to the latest WHO assessment data, the current confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia detected by Africa are only about 14.2% of the true number, that is, only 1 out of 7 patients has been tested, while the remaining 85% The above patients with new coronary pneumonia have not been found.
According to the content of the press conference, more than 42,000 new confirmed cases were added to the African continent in the past week, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 8.4 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 214,000. The lack of tracking of potential cases in most African countries has led to intensified community transmission of new coronavirus , and the vaccination rate has been at a low level. As a result, the third wave of epidemics in some countries in the African region is still in a period of rapid increase in new cases.
WHO Regional Director for Africa Morty: Due to the limited detection rate of the new coronavirus, we still cannot grasp the situation of community transmission in many countries. Most tests are carried out on symptomatic infections, but most of the virus transmission is caused by asymptomatic infections. Approximately 65% to 85% of cases are asymptomatic infections, so our current number of confirmed cases may be Just the tip of the iceberg.
According to WHO's assessment, the number of true infections on the African continent may be as high as 59 million. In order to reverse this situation, the WHO Regional Office for Africa announced a plan on the same day that will be used in Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo (DRC), Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Congo (Brazzaville), Senegal and Zambia These 8 African countries have launched a project to strengthen community screening of new coronary pneumonia cases. This project will be launched next year to cover 7 million people by means of rapid antigen testing, thereby increasing the testing capacity of participating countries by 40% and breaking the chain of virus transmission as soon as possible.
Column Editor: Zhang Wu Text Editor: Cheng Pei Title Picture Source: Shangguan Title Picture Picture Editor: Xu Jiamin
Source: Author: CCTV News
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