国际英语资讯:COVID-19 cases surpass 50,000 in Africa as action needed to stem spread
<p><span word="NAIROBI">NAIROBI</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 7-- <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="registering">registering</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surge">surge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> (<span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19) <span word="infections">infections</span>, <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="surpass">surpass</span> <span word="the">the</span> 50,000.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="from">from</span> 49,352 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="to">to</span> 51,698 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Disease">Disease</span> <span word="Control">Control</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Prevention">Prevention</span> (<span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="CDC">CDC</span>) <span word="disclosed">disclosed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="east">east</span>, <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="accelerating">accelerating</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alarming">alarming</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="engage">engage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="testing">testing</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> (<span word="WHO">WHO</span>) <span word="African">African</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="notes">notes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="update">update</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="evolved">evolved</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="February">February</span> 14 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span>.</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="has">has</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="over">over</span> 30 <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="affecting">affecting</span> 53 <span word="member">member</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="except">except</span> <span word="Lesotho">Lesotho</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>, <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="trajectory">trajectory</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="registering">registering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="at">at</span> 47.</p><p><span word="Infections">Infections</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="at">at</span> 607 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="spreading">spreading</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mombasa">Mombasa</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intense">intense</span> <span word="transmission">transmission</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Patrick">Patrick</span> <span word="Amoth">Amoth</span>, <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="director">director</span>-<span word="general">general</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="health">health</span>.</p>
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