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March 30, 2020

Coronavirus Cases Mount in Africa as Governments Turn to Repressive Measures
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A U.N. body says the African continent is two to three weeks away from
its peak of coronavirus cases and needs an emergency economic stimulus
of $100 billion to ensure its healthcare systems can cope with the
oncoming onslaught.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous county, has ordered residents of Lagos
and Abuja to stay at home. Nigeria has registered over 100 cases, but
testing remains very limited.

In Kenya, security forces in Mombasa deployed tear gas and hit crowds
with batons as they tried to board a passenger ferry ahead of a 7 p.m.
curfew.
In South Africa, police and military forces fired rubber bullets at
shoppers gathered outside a Johannesburg supermarket amid a nationwide
lockdown. Nearly 1,300 cases have been recorded in South Africa - the
highest number on the continent.


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