The High Fatality Rate of Health Care Staff in Africa as a Result of Covid-19: An Explanatory Study

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Abstract

Background: Two years ago the Coronavirus disease 2019 was identified in Wuhan, China for the first time in December 2019 and since then it has unfolded throughout the globe inflicting the worldwide collapse and closure of international borders, health care facilities as well as disrupt all social activities. One in every of the area’s that has been adversely affected is the health care system. The forceful results of Covid-19 on health care systems is overshadowed by its effect on economic activities, that has been put on attentiveness of many news platforms and media retailers. This has ensued very little or no applied statistical data on the various health care staff that have been and still being lost t Covid-19 pandermic.

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Kampala Mwape Phiri. 2021. \u201cThe High Fatality Rate of Health Care Staff in Africa as a Result of Covid-19: An Explanatory Study\u201d. Global Journal of Medical Research - K: Interdisciplinary GJMR-K Volume 21 (GJMR Volume 21 Issue K7): .

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COVID-19’s influence on Africa’s health care capacity and outcomes explored in a new research study.
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Background: Two years ago the Coronavirus disease 2019 was identified in Wuhan, China for the first time in December 2019 and since then it has unfolded throughout the globe inflicting the worldwide collapse and closure of international borders, health care facilities as well as disrupt all social activities. One in every of the area’s that has been adversely affected is the health care system. The forceful results of Covid-19 on health care systems is overshadowed by its effect on economic activities, that has been put on attentiveness of many news platforms and media retailers. This has ensued very little or no applied statistical data on the various health care staff that have been and still being lost t Covid-19 pandermic.

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