Double Sides of COVID-19 Pandemic: African Countries should Break Grounds or be Permanently Broken
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COVID-19 crept into the world December, 2019, and within a short time, has gone round the whole world and still infecting, affecting and afflicting the all regions of the world. The effect on Africa is grave, not in terms of the morbidity and the mortality, but in terms of its economic impact and the apparent exposure of the weak health system in many parts of Africa. It is hoped that this event will set the governance of the continent right so that the governments will effectively ensure a stronger and more economically vibrant nations emerge after the pandemic.
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