Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of EcoEnvironment and Bio-Resource of the Three Gorges Area, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Lambert Nzungize is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Medicine. His research interests includes Medicine. Lambert Nzungize is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Lambert Nzungize has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. Lambert Nzungize has authored of many research articles/books related to Medicine.
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Estimation of Fatality Rate in Africa through the Behavior of COVID-19 in Italy Relevance to Age Profiles
Author(s): Lambert Nzungize, Diane Umuhoza, Yongdong Dai, Stech A E. Nzaou, Mohammed Asaad, M. A. Abokadoum, Ulrich Aymard Ekomi Moure and Jianping Xie*
The emergence and pandemic of COVID-19 has rapidly become a global concern. In Italy, on 27 March 2020, there
were 8165 deaths and 80539 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Demographic situations, like age profiles is reported
to be the cause of high case fatality rate (CFR) in Italy. In Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet grasped epic
proportion, but the estimation of CFR is still needed. We compared the CFR observed in Italy with the age profiles
in 46 Africa countries and 2 territories which are already confirmed COVID-19 case. The estimation of the CFR
in Africa ranges between (1.0%-5.4%) while in Italy is 10.1%. The five highest CFR countries and territories in
Africa are Reunion (5.4%), Mauritius (5.1%), Tunisia (3.9%), Seychelles (3.8%) and Morocco (3.3%). The last three
countries with low CFR are Uganda (1.0%), Zambia (1.1%) and Angola (1.1%). The observed.. View more»