The West African country of Burkina Faso, which at first managed to avoid a catastrophic surge of the coronavirus, is now trying to cope with a much deadlier resurgenceOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- For nearly a year, Ousseni Yanogo thought he was doing everything he could to protect himself from the coronavirus. As of Sunday, the government had recorded 11,227 COVID-19 cases, since the pandemic started, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And while mass vaccinations are underway in some parts of the world and are already being credited with helping keep the disease from spreading as quickly, they aren't expected to start in Burkina Faso until next month at the earliest. If certain criteria are fulfilled and the vaccine is approved by the World Health Organization, Burkina Faso could receive 1.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine within weeks. “As long as I’m here, they are not at ease.”———Follow AP coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at: https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic, https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak

Source: ABC News February 07, 2021 09:45 UTC