• Bmc Infect Dis · Jun 2020

    Editorial

    Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: where are we going from now?

    • Carlo Torti, Maria Mazzitelli, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, and Owachi Darius.
    • Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy. torti@unicz.it.
    • Bmc Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 15; 20 (1): 412.

    AbstractThe SARS-CoV-2, which emerged from East Asia in December 2019, has rapidly evolved into a global pandemic infecting close to 7 million people. The current uncertainties regarding its impact on Africa calls for critical monitoring of the evolution of the pandemic and correlation of factors that influence the burden of the disease. We herein discuss possible implications of SARS-CoV-2 on the African continent.

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