Onne Vegter, owner of Wild Wings Safaris, specialist safari operato
Africa has the lowest rate of Covid-19 infections of any continent in the world.
Source: European CDC / Our World in Data[1]
The above map shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases per million population on 15 April 2020. Clearly, Africa is by far the safest continent to be right now.
This might be partly due to a lack of testing, but in cases like South Africa for example, it is mostly because of early closing of borders and a very strict lockdown.
Africa is safe right now, and the wide open spaces and remote game reserves certainly have a strong appeal right now.
Most countries in Africa have closed their airspace and borders completely. If you look on Flight Radar or any other app showing live flight movements, you will see there are almost no flights over Africa right now, while the rest of the world still shows plenty of flights.
So you might be safe in Africa, but you won’t be able to book a flight to get there. For now, stay home, stay safe and we hope to see you in Africa when this is all over.
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