Prognosis

HIV Is Africa’s Latest Covid-19 Problem

A medical consultant in personal protective equipment in Tembisa.

Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images

Here’s the latest news from the global pandemic.

Africa is the world’s least vaccinated continent and it has also been the origin of a number of coronavirus variants: the beta mutation found in South Africa, eta from Nigeria and most recently C.1.2, again from South Africa.