Africa COVID cases could be seven times higher than reported - WHO
A man walks past a mural by Senzart911 that shows people wearing facemasks, as South Africa scraps isolation for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive people with no symptoms, at Soweto's Kliptown, South Africa, February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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The World Health Organization estimates that the number of COVID-19 infections in Africa could be seven times higher than official data suggests.
According to WHO regional head, deaths from the virus could also be two to three times higher.
"We're very much aware that our surveillance systems problems that we had on the continent, with access to testing supplies, for example, have led to an underestimation of the cases," Dr Matshidiso Moeti told a regular online media briefing.
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