NAIROBI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said Thursday he planned to visit Kenya to discuss the measures to intensify the fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic after a notable 34 percent rise in new infections.
Nkengasong said during a weekly webinar meeting that he is also set to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the ongoing effort to support countries to handle the pandemic, which has recorded an eight percent increase across Africa.