Table 2.
Survey of respondents from African Union Member States to two questions. Most people believed that COVID-19 would be a major problem for their country, but that their individual risk of catching COVID-19 was low. Adapted from graphic 10 [119].
| African Union country | ‘COVID-19 will affect very many people in my country’ (strongly or somewhat agree) (%) | ‘personal risk of catching COVID-19’ (high or very high risk) (%) |
|---|---|---|
| All | 68 | 29 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 24 |
| Côte D'Ivoire | 40 | 24 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 55 | 25 |
| Egypt | 64 | 27 |
| Ethiopia | 87 | 35 |
| Ghana | 59 | 24 |
| Guinea | 56 | 20 |
| Kenya | 78 | 31 |
| Liberia | 55 | 33 |
| Mozambique | 81 | 38 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 30 |
| Senegal | 80 | 32 |
| South Africa | 88 | 49 |
| Sudan | 85 | 22 |
| Tunisia | 62 | 17 |
| Uganda | 73 | 26 |
| Zambia | 76 | 34 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 24 |