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WHO sends experts to South Africa to help fight pandemic

A student at the Winnie Mandela Secondary School has her temperature measured as she enters the school premises before classes resume in Tembisa township on June 8, 2020. PHOTO | MICHELE SPATARI | AFP

What you need to know:

  • A total of 43 senior experts from across the globe will assist South Africa in its fight against the coronavirus. 
  • South Africa has the highest caseload in the Africa and is fifth in the world with 521,318 confirmed coronavirus cases and 8,884 Covid-19 deaths.

The World Health Organisation has deployed a team of health experts to South Africa to assist the country contain the coronavirus pandemic.

South Africa has the highest caseload in the Africa and is fifth in the world with 521,318 confirmed coronavirus cases and 8,884 Covid-19 deaths, according to the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC).