Why have so many African leaders died of COVID-19?

This paper provides evidence that the COVID-19-related mortality rate of national government ministers and heads of state has been substantially higher than that of people with a similar sex and age profile in the general population, a trend that is driven by African cases (17 out of 24 reported dea...

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Main Authors: Jean-Benoît Falisse, Robert Macdonald, Thomas Molony, Paul Nugent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/5/e005587.full