SEVEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BEGIN ADMINISTERING CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY TESTS

THE AFRICAN Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recently began administering coronavirus antibody tests in seven African countries.

“Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco are the first set of countries that committed to it,” head of Africa CDC John Nkengasong said in a weekly briefing.

Dr Nkengasong added that Africa was making good progress towards developing a vaccine. A continental strategy is being developed to set up a consortium of clinical trials, followed by the procurement and financing of vaccines.