AdvertisementAfrica may have reached the pandemic's holy grailJanuary 28, 2022Nurith AizenmanfacebookEmailA student washes her hands before entering a classroom at a school in Blantyre, Malawi, in March 2021. Top scientists say that many African countries, including Malawi, appear to have already arrived at a substantially less threatening stage of the coronavirus pandemic. (Joseph Mizere/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images)