"I’m honoured to have been asked to write this short piece regarding COVID-19".

Africa was the last region to witness significant spread of the COVID-19. Nonetheless, it was expected that the continent would be hardest hit due to the fragility of its health and social infrastructure as well as the vulnerability of its economies. While the rates of infection and death were initially relatively low and contained economically, the continent has nonetheless been very hard hit. Cameroon has been no exception to this and as we have suffered severely and continue to, whilst in the middle of this so-called "second wave", we have every reason to be concerned.