Has Covid-19 hastened end of America era?
Dr. Alex Awiti speaking at the symposium which addressed the place of food in the urban space - a seminar held by the Aga Khan University, East African Institute (EAI), October 2017, Nairobi, Kenya.
Media Source: The Star (Kenya)
Date: 24 August 2020
Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that America, the world’s sole superpower - home of the best universities in the world, the one nation with access to the most advanced healthcare - accounts for about 22 percent of Covid-19 morbidity and mortality. As American health workers looked to China for essential medical supplies and as China and East Asia lead the rest of the world in the post Covid-19 economic recovery, the mantle of supremacy moved to China.