[20220411]IF11532_2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）：对非洲的影响.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 11, 2022Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact in AfricaAs of April 2022, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (“Africa”) had emerged from a fourth COVID-19 waveprimarily driven by the Omicron variant, first detected in Botswana in late 2021and were reporting relatively low caseloads. Citing these trends and increased treatment capacity in many countries, World Health Organization (WHO) officials have expressed optimism that Africa “can control the pandemic in 2022.” Officials caution, however, that low vaccination rates may increase Africans vulnerability to future surges and could enable new variants to emerge. Stating that logistical constraints and vaccine hesitancyversus raw supplywere now the foremost obstacles to vaccination efforts, Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) Director Dr. John Nkengasong called for a pause in new vaccine deliveries in February 2022. Overall, Africa has seen fewer confirmed cases and deaths per capita than other regions. Cases have been concentrated in a few countries, led by South Africa (Figure 1), where testing rates have also been higher. Studies suggest that cases, and to a lesser e