When the coronavirus pandemic was declared six months ago, international health experts were worried about people in Africa. Many feared the virus would cause great suffering across the continent. This has yet to happen. In fact, experts are now praising the actions African countries have taken to deal with the pandemic. They say those actions have been more effective than those taken by some richer countries, including the United States. John Nkengasong has helped shape Africa’s 54 countries into an alliance for fighting the pandemic. Nkengasong is director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Title: Praise for Africa’s COVID Response
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4592/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Praise for Africas COVID Response' data-article-id='5119'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9688'>When the coronavirus pandemic was declared six months ago, international health experts were worried about people in Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='9688' data-end-time='16583'>Many feared the virus would cause great suffering across the continent.</span> <span data-start-time='16583' data-end-time='19313'>This has yet to happen.</span> <span data-start-time='19313' data-end-time='28250'> In fact, experts are now praising the actions African countries have taken to deal with the pandemic.</span> <span data-start-time='28250' data-end-time='38896'>They say those actions have been more effective than those taken by some richer countries, including the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='38896' data-end-time='48667'>John Nkengasong has helped shape Africa’s 54 countries into an alliance for fighting the pandemic.</span> <span data-start-time='48667' data-end-time='55667'>Nkengasong is director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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