Morocco insisted, Thursday in Addis Ababa, on the need for constant financial and technical support to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC).
Constant financial and technical support to Africa-CDC is imperative, said Morocco’s permanent representative to the African Union and UNECA, ambassador Mohamed Arrouchi, during a videoconference meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee of the African Union (PRC), devoted to monitoring the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent.
The Moroccan delegation also called for the creation of an African platform of expertise dedicated to research for the fight against epidemics, noting that this structure will also be responsible for supporting member States in their policy of control and prevention of epidemics.
Referring to the evolution of the pandemic on the Continent, the Moroccan delegation stressed the importance of expanding testing in African countries, the number of which remains very low, 7 million to date, given that the African population is 1.2 billion.
The importance of this testing operation is vital to identify outbreaks of infection and facilitate the intervention of competent authorities to control the spread of the coronavirus, noted the permanent representative of the Kingdom to the AU and UNECA.
For her part, the AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, Amira El Fadil, made a presentation on the infection rate in Africa, the measures undertaken by Africa CDC, the mobilization of funds within the framework of the special fund for the fight against Covid, as well as the assistance received by Africa CDC.
In this regard, she commended the Royal initiative towards African countries and the AU Commission in providing substantial assistance to support African countries in the fight against this pandemic.
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