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During Epidemiological week (Epiweek) 5, 20 countries in the WHO African region (WHO AFR) contributed virological data for analysis – Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia (Figure 1). During Epiweek 5, 1,492 specimens were collected, and 1,466 were tested for influenza.
SARS CoV-2
In Epiweek 5, 83 specimens tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (positivity of 5.8%), of the 1,434 specimens
processed by 17 laboratories regionally. (Figure 3).
Cumulatively, from weeks 1 to 5, the WHO AFR influenza laboratory network has tested 7,026 sentinel
surveillance specimens for SARS-CoV-2, of which 403 were positive for SARS-CoV-2 (cumulative regional
positivity rate 5.7%) (Figure 3).
Source link : https://reliefweb.int/report/world/respiratory-virus-surveillance-who-african-region-epidemiological-week-5-january-29-february-11-2024
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Publish date : 2024-02-24 08:00:00
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