Health care workers testing people in Nairobi, Kenya during a mass testing exercise for COVID-19. - Source: Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images Listen to article Africa remains one of the regions least affected by COVID-19, although evidence suggests it is an evolving and growing pandemic . It is now present in all African countries and territories. From the start, the responses across many African countries have mirrored those of other countries where the pandemic has been more prevalent.