Patients with hypertension, diabetes more likely to die of COVID in Africa

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Africans living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and diabetes are more likely to suffer severe cases of COVID-19 and die, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In South Africa, which accounts for nearly half of all cases and deaths on the continent, 61 percen

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