The Corona virus pandemic continues to sweep the world. The epicenter of the virus, Wuhan in China, is now almost back to normal thanks to the strigent measures instituted by the Chinese government. The new epicenter of the virus is now Europe and the United States, where thousands continue to die everyday.
One of the pertinent lessons from the Corona pandemic is that African leaders must develop the public health infrastructure. When our leaders get sick, even from common cold, they do not seek treatment in our public hospitals. They rush to be treated abroad. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's daughter had a private plane hired for her to go and deliver in Germany. Former Nigerian President Umaru Yaradua died in a Saudi Arabia hospital. The noted Pan Africanist Robert Mugabe sought treatment in Singapore and died there.
Time after time, African leaders do not go to our public hospitals. Our public hospitals are in utter neglect. Now, if our leaders get infected with the Corona virus, they will be treated in the same hospitals that they neglected. They will have to endure the same difficulties that Africa's poor endure.
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