JOHANNESBURG (REUTERS) - South Africa's confirmed cases of Covid-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday (Aug 1), while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's confirmed cases of Covid-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday , while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million.
Africa has recorded 934,558 cases, 19,752 deaths and 585,567 recoveries, according to a Reuters tally. The World Health Organisation's top emergencies expert Mike Ryan last week warned that South Africa's experience was a precursor for what was likely to happen across the continent.
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