Is it time for Africa to end its Covid lockdowns?
“We can say that we have brought the pandemic under control"
Africa Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Several nations in Africa have decided to relax their lockdown mandates. In Namibia, you are no longer required to wear a mask in public and visitors don’t have to provide negative PCR tests. In South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa officially ended the lockdown, two years after it was imposed – and started a transition process away from mandatory facemasks in public.
But it’s clear Covid-19 is still very much with us. Total cases currently stand at 8.6 million, with over 170 thousand deaths across the continent.
So is this the right time to lift Covid measures? Alan Kasujja speaks to Namibia’s Health and Social Services minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula and Dr. Mary Stephens of the World Health Organisation.
Presenter: Alan Kasujja (@kasujja).