WHO sounds alarm over Africa coronavirus preparedness

An Egyptian Quarantine Authority employee holds out a health form to be filled in by incoming travellers at Cairo International Airport amidst efforts to detect possible cases of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday (Feb 22) that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the rapid coronavirus outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent. - AFP

ADDIS ABABA: The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday (Feb 22) that African health systems would be ill-equipped to respond to the rapid coronavirus outbreak should cases start to proliferate on the continent.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on African Union member states "to come together to be more aggressive in attacking" the virus, known as Covid-19.