The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says lockdowns were no longer necessary to contain COVID-19.
According to Africa’s top public health agency, African countries battling the alleged fourth wave of the COVID-19 infection fueled by the alleged Omicron variant should adopt a new approach to tackle the ongoing pandemic other than lockdown.
The Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong stated this while speaking at a news conference on Thursday.
“We are very encouraged with what we saw in South Africa during this period where they look at the data in terms of severity (of infections).
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“The period where we are using severe lockdowns as a tool is over. We should actually be looking at how we use public health and social measures more carefully and in a balanced way.” he said.
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