COVID-19 in Africa: Fewer Cases So Far, and More Preparation Needed

BY: Akebe Luther King Abia The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has taken the world by surprise. The good news is that tremendous scientific and technological advances have permitted scientists to understand a lot about this virus in a short amount of time. Within just two months of the first …

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Akebe Luther King Abia

Akebe is a true One Health leader. Akebe fell in love with environmental microbiology in school, curious about the environmental causes of human disease. Akebe holds a Masters in Microbiology and a DTech in Water Care. He is currently working on the molecular and environmental surveillance of AMR in South Africa. His work focuses on …

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