Opinion: What the US can learn from how African countries handled Covid - CNN
▻https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/03/africa/africa-coronavirus-lessons-opinion-intl/index.html
Epidemiologists had expected weak health systems in Africa to crumble under the weight of Covid-19. Eight months into the pandemic, Africa with a population of 1.3 billion, reported nearly 1.8 million Covid infections, while the US, on its way to its third peak, has reported more than nine million cases.
While some of this low reporting could be attributed to poor testing, Africa as a continent appears to have handled the pandemic more effectively than the US has. (…) Rwandans are now allowed to travel to Europe, while Americans remain prohibited.
