Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria continue to drive COVID-19 infections in Africa, accounting for 71% of all cases on the continent, Dr. John Nkengasong, the director of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said at his regular press conference on Thursday.