How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world | Financial Times
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Genomic analysis would later reveal that almost all infections brought into Africa came not from China but from Europe, what Mr Nkengasong calls an “amphibious attack”. It is a reversal of the normal patterns of infectious disease in which Africa is so often the epicentre. This time, the threat was coming from the north. Looking back at the initial months of the pandemic, when it was overwhelming sophisticated health systems in Italy, Spain and Britain, Mr Nkengasong recalls the shock he felt. “We watched with total fright and awe what was happening in Europe. We knew we had no chance if that happened here on that scale.”
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