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February 17, 2020
Some researchers, in a study published in Nature, said they are worried about Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya because of weak healthcare systems, low economic status and unstable political situation which make them highly vulnerable.
The World Health Organisation, WHO Director General, TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus had said the agency’s decision to declare the outbreak aglobal health emergency, was mainly based on concerns that the epidemic couldspread in nations with fragile healthcare platforms.
The researchers are also concerned about the diseasespreading among people in Africa.
An epidemiologist and a co-author of the Harvard team’smodel, Marc Lipsitch said Africa was not as exposed to the ailment as thosenations in South East Asia due to direct international flights from Wuhan.
Vittoria Colizza, who models infectious diseases at thePierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and a co-author of the Africa study,however, said Egypt, Algeria and South Africa have the capacity to respondeffectively to an outbreak.
A spokesperson for global agency in Geneva, Switzerland,Tarik Jašarevic said the organisation is working with the affected countries torapidly detect any potential cases, adding that the nations in question alsoneeded to increase their preparedness.