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  • WHO announces surge team presence in South Africa
  • Coronavirus kills over 700,000 worldwide thus far

 

 

WHO surge team arrives in South Africa

The World Health Organization has deployed a “surge team” of 43 health experts to South Africa to help the country deal with the pandemic, which has seen nearly 530,000 cases confirmed in the country – the fifth-highest in the world – and 9,298 deaths.

In a statement, the WHO explained:

“WHO will be deploying 43 experts from various fields to support the covid-19 outbreak response management. the first 17 health expects will arrive today and include key expertise in epidemiology, surveillance, case management, infection, prevention and control, procurement, as well as community mobilization and health education. Among them is Dr David Heymann, a seasoned infectious disease epidemiologist and public health expert, who was at one-time assistant director-general for health security and environment at who. He headed the response to the SARS epidemic in 2003, working with his team to mediate international efforts to halt the pandemic.”

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Global deaths pass 700,000

The coronavirus pandemic death toll passed 700,000 late on Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which relies on official government data.

The US accounts for the highest portion of those deaths, with 157,690. The next worst-affected in terms of number of lives lost is Brazil with 95,819.

Mexico’s toll is 48,869; the UK’s is 46,295 and India’s is 39,795.

 

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