Africa could be devastated by Covid-19 if it spreads across the continent like the way it has in Europe, according to the deputy director for Africa with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Patrick Youssef told RTÉ News that the humanitarian institution is in a "race against time" to curb the spread of the illness across Africa.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the continent faces a "dramatic evolution" of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa region, which includes sub-Saharan Africa and Algeria, 39 are now affected compared with last month.
According to a recent tally by AFP, cases have risen across the world's poorest continent over the past week to a total of nearly 3,500 cases and 94