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BAMAKO/DAKAR (Reuters) - A second wave of coronavirus infections is hitting West and Central Africa, and experts are warning it could be worse than the first as cooler weather descends on a region where most countries cannot afford a vaccine.
FILE PHOTO: A man wears his protective mask while sitting outside his house, as the global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Ouakam neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Nigeria, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo and Democratic Republic of Congo are all at or near record levels of infection, data compiled by Reuters shows. Infections in Senegal are also rising fast.
The global surge in COVID cases and deaths requires an immediate international response
Last week, during the World Health Organization (WHO) press brief, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director for the WHO emergencies program, observed, “We are not in an epidemiologically stable situation. The virus is still working its way through the human population. A vast majority of people remain susceptible. So, it has not settled down in a pattern that we can predict.” He also highlighted that though the pandemic is raging across Europe and North America, most of the world’s population remains susceptible to the coronavirus.
Brooklyn s Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York City, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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MONTREAL Quebec hospital managers say they re in a tightrope-walking situation lately, on the very edge of entering a much worse phase, particularly in emergency rooms. And we can t wait for mass vaccinations, said Dr. Paul Warshawsky, the intensive care director at the Jewish General Hospital. If we don t do something now, by the time [the] vaccine has started to have its effect on decreasing hospitalizations. we will be overwhelmed, he said. On Thursday, over 1,000 people were hospitalized across the province for COVID-19. Health Minister Christian Dubé tweeted that capacity is getting critical in some regions. Crossing that kind of line means mortality will spike from illnesses other than COVID-19 as people can t get the intensive care they need.