Use of electronic tools for evidence-based preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO African region
The investigation of a cluster of cases of pneumonia by Chinese health authorities in December, 2019, in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, identified a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]), as the causative agent.1 During the subsequent worldwide spread, SARS-CoV-2 first arrived on the African continent in February, 2020, with cases identified in Egypt…
