This blog post by the British Foreign Policy Group argues that the African continent’s healthcare systems and responses are coping better than expected, and that it is instead in the economic and social domain that Covid-19 will have its most damaging and lasting effects. In recovering from a crisis of this magnitude, African and more developed nations alike will require strong state intervention to recover. They therefore ask the UK government to prioritise support in this area in their international development expenditure as they lay the groundwork for the post-Covid-19 recovery, even as they cope with the immediate healthcare threat.