As COVID-19 surges in Africa, there is less than one intensive care bed per 100,000 people, a Reuters survey found
Reuters has sent questions to public health authorities across Africa. Health ministries or independent experts provided answers in 48 out of Africa’s 54 countries.
Low levels of testing make it impossible to know the true scale of infection. Africa has carried out a fraction of the COVID-19 testing that other regions have - around 685 tests per million people, although the rate of testing varies widely between countries. By comparison, European countries have carried out nearly 17 million tests, the equivalent of just under 23,000 per million people.
Many African governments moved quickly to contain the pandemic, mounting high-profile public health campaigns, restricting movement and repurposing factories to produce protective equipment. Donations have poured in from a foundation set up by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, and the World Bank is helping procure more than $1 billion worth of equipment for Africa.
A man assembles new treatment beds at a field hospital built for COVID-19 patients, Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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