nature が危惧を表明。アフリカも注意が必要。
As Nature went to press, more than 43,000 infections and more than 1,000 deaths had been confirmed. Soon, thousands of China’s citizens will be returning to their jobs on the African continent after an extended new-year holiday. If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and undetected because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope.
As a result, the WHO has scrambled to equip 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect and contain the virus. The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist vulnerable countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April.
As Nature went to press, more than 43,000 infections and more than 1,000 deaths had been confirmed. Soon, thousands of China’s citizens will be returning to their jobs on the African continent after an extended new-year holiday. If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and undetected because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope.
As a result, the WHO has scrambled to equip 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect and contain the virus. The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist vulnerable countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April.