The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the continent had crossed that milestone. Its numbers show the 54-country continent also has seen more than 48,000 deaths from COVID-19.
The African continent of 1.3 billion people is being warned against "prevention fatigue" as countries loosen pandemic restrictions to ease their economies´ suffering and more people travel.
The Africa CDC director this week openly worried that the level of mask-wearing has gone down and called that dangerous.
While the world takes hope from recent news about promising COVID-19 vaccines, African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies.
