I hope the lockdowns weren’t started too late…
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Good for her! 
I fear the virus will be devastating in many countries in Africa.
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South African businesses prepared to shut down operations and supermarkets were inundated by shoppers as the country braced for a three-week lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
The nation that created this deadly virus. they are crazy things, just because of jealousy and greed?
Hope things get better. I live in the UK and we are pretty much on lockdown now. Whether people listen or not is a different story.
great thread
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa is now 709 after 155 cases were reported overnight, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/covid-19-cases-in-south-africa-top-700-ahead-of-curfew/1779480
Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where?
Aye, the highest number is in SA - the Govt there warned that this was likely.
Number of reasons, one they mentioned was being the Southern hemisphere they are approaching colder weather - no conclusive evidence other than flu-like viruses usually don’t thrive in hotter/drier climates.
One other point - the townships have a huge difficulty in ‘social distancing’ for various reasons, the SA Govt imposed a lockdown but how do you police it?
Sky News Uk headline: Coronavirus: The South African township where people just won’t follow the lockdown rules
It’s not people’s fault rather it’s the world of the have and have nots.
How can the haves help? - one way is to raise awareness.
Africa Is Two to Three Weeks Away From Height of Virus Storm
Africa’s Biggest City on Lockdown to Curb Virus in Nigeria
Nigeria will restrict all movement of people and ordered businesses and offices closed in its two main cities, Lagos and Abuja, as well as Ogun state – the three areas in Africa’s most populous nation that have been hit hardest by the coronavirus.
Africa can still contain COVID-19 outbreak: WHO
Africa can still contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday.
“I believe that African countries can achieve a lot more than maybe people outside expect,” Mike Ryan, head of the WHO’s emergencies programme, told a virtual news briefing.
“We don’t believe the disease has passed the capacity to be contained,” he said. He was speaking after the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa said the pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty.
Every economy is being affected by this virus. Focus should be on accurately determining the number of positive cases and helping people come out of this worse time.
Hello,
The COVID-19 news in Africa is really so bad…
WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - A new report from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says that the continent of around 1.3 billion people could see as many as 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the best-case scenario.
“President Isaias noted that the global threat posed by the pandemic (COVID-19) is analogous to a sudden war, without any parallel in our contemporary times, that has been declared without any warning or prediction by all standards,” Minister of Information posted on Twitter.
Thank you…