Covid-19 Outbreak in Nigeria Is Just One of Africa's by The New York Times

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Article: Maclean, R. (2020, May 17). Covid-19 Outbreak in Nigeria Is Just One of Africa's
Alarming Hot Spots. /2020/05/17/world/africa/coronavirus-kano-nigeria-hotspot.html?searchResultPosition=3.
Summary
In this, The New York Times article, Maclean (2020) discusses her findings on the impacts of Covid-19 in Kano, Nigeria. The article’s title is Covid-19 Outbreak in Nigeria Is Just One of Africa's Alarming Hot Spots. Kano has recorded 753 Covid-19 cases and 33 deaths. However, the author states that the figures are not correct because the city’s metropolitan area “is experiencing a major, unchecked outbreak, according to doctors and public health experts. It could be one of the continent’s worst” (Maclean, 2020). The article provides other potential hot spots throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. These locations include Mogadishu in Somalia and Tanzania in East Africa. One noticeable similarity about these regions is that they are one of their countries’ most prominent cities. The writer explains how a lack of required equipment and a coercive government regulation are some of the main factors of the virus's adverse effects in Kano. The author emphasizes that this should be a wake-up to the continent’s leaders to address the “deception, denial, defiance, denunciation, disagreement and finally acceptance and action to control the disaster” (Maclean, 2020).
Analysis
This article directly relates to the theme of health as it covers the issue of Covid-19 in Kano, Nigeria, which is an SSA country. The choice of the topic and the relatively recent text is also significant because it explains Nigeria’s context of health and development, which is one of the class’s objectives. Months after publishing the original post, Merab (2020) joins her in the same notion to add other hotspots on the list. The World Health Organization states that even after significant funding, Africa’s health system is still ...