Archaeologists helped quell a COVID surge in Madagascar

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 arrived in the fishing community of Andavadoaka, Madagascar, in April this year. The first wave did not get far from metropolitan areas, so Andavadoaka was not affected by it. But the second wave reached every corner of the island country. A combination of people not staying home, the Beta variant of the virus circulating country-wide and the lack of the vaccination made the situation deteriorate quickly. The vaccine doses are only available for1% of its population, and some doses have been wasted because of hesitancy of the government.