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WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet

FILE - Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus on Dec. 15, 2021. The World Health Organization said Thursday, April 14, 2022 that the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

FILE - A woman and child walk past an informational mural portraying the global battle against the coronavirus, on a street in Kericho, Kenya on Jan. 26, 2022. The World Health Organization said Thursday, April 14, 2022 that the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

FILE - A Maasai woman receives the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a clinic in Kimana, southern Kenya on Aug. 28, 2021. The World Health Organization said Thursday, April 14, 2022 that the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet