The World Health Organisation estimates that the number of Covid-19 infections in Africa could be seven times higher than official data suggests, while deaths from the virus could be two to three times higher, its regional head has said, according to Reuters.

“We're very much aware that our surveillance system's problems that we had on the continent, with access to testing supplies, for example, have led to an underestimation of the cases,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti told a regular online media briefing.