国际英语资讯:Africa CDC calls for boosting COVID-19 surveillance, testing, care for people
<p><span word="ADDIS">ADDIS</span> <span word="ABABA">ABABA</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 19-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="Centers">Centers</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="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="surveillance">surveillance</span>, <span word="testing">testing</span>, <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="tracing">tracing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="virus">virus</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="CDC">CDC</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="specialized">specialized</span> <span word="healthcare">healthcare</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> (<span word="AU">AU</span>) <span word="Commission">Commission</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="Measure">Measure</span> <span word="Implementation">Implementation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="analyzed">analyzed</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="trends">trends</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="decreased">decreased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 23 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 10 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="timeframe">timeframe</span>, <span word="consistent">consistent</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lag">lag</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mortality">mortality</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19.</p><p><span word="Amid">Amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="CDC">CDC</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="stressed">stressed</span> <span word="that">that</span> "<span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="surveillance">surveillance</span>, <span word="testing">testing</span>, <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="tracing">tracing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19, <span word="collaborating">collaborating</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="Centers">Centers</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="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Partnership">Partnership</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Accelerate">Accelerate</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="Testing">Testing</span> (<span word="PACT">PACT</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>."</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="stigmatization">stigmatization</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="care">care</span>, <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="engagement">engagement</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="attributed">attributed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="indicates">indicates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="epidemic">epidemic</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="peaking">peaking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="read">read</span>.</p>
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