African countries will require continued financial support to overcome coronavirus economic turmoil, argue IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva and Gita Gopinath

Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

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Even after the novel coronavirus pandemic had been successfully defeated, or at least brought under control, low-income countries, many in Sub-Saharan Africa, will require continued financial support from the international community to overcome the economic turmoil left by the deadly bug, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva and Economic Counsellor Gita Gopinath argued in a joint column published on Wednesday.