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Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill Covid patients: study – Yahoo News Australia
Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care…
Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said.
Africa’s populations have so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than other regions when it comes to total number of cases and deaths — but the authors suggest the mortality rate of those who do get sick could be even higher than their figures suggest because of a lack of data.
“Our study is the…
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