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Africa marks worst pandemic week; Europe sees sharp rises

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Africa just experienced its worst pandemic week, with 16 countries reporting resurgences, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said yesterday, as some countries in Europe report weekly rises topping 100%.Africa rise amid promising vaccine newsAt a WHO African regional office media briefing yesterday, its leader, Matshidiso Moeti, MBBS, said cases have risen for 7 weeks in a row and have now topped the peak of the second surge, with the fast-moving third wave continuing to gain speed.Of the 16 countries reporting sharp rises, 10 have highlighted the more transmissible Delta (B1617.2) SARS-CoV-2 variant.

Malawi and Senegal are the latest countries to report surges.Moeti said, however, that vaccine delivery is showing signs of progress

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