Wafaie Fawzi

Despite early efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in countries across Africa, leaders are now coping with a new surge of cases, pushed by the more infectious delta variant and complicated by limited vaccination accessibility and resources. The World’s Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi moderated a discussion with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Wafaie Fawzi, who addressed the pandemic’s health and socioeconomic impacts, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa.