As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, more than half of Africa’s 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other restrictions try to contain the spread of new coronavirus. The COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
In this handout photo provided by Uganda’s Presidential Press Unit, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni performs push-ups in a video released to the public via the president’s social media accounts, at State House in Entebbe, Uganda Thursday, April 9, 2020. Uganda’s 75-year-old president has released a homemade exercise video to show skeptical countrymen that one can stay in shape under the lockdown that has been implemented to curb transmission of the new coronavirus. (Uganda Presidential Press Unit via AP)A woman wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, walks on the street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)Ferry commuters walk through an automated disinfecting machine installed this week that sprays disinfectant onto all passengers boarding or disembarking ferries that cross the harbor of Mombasa, on the south coast of Kenya Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Kenya this week increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two counties. (AP Photo)A woman wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, walks on the street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)Homeless recyclers and other destitute people, some of whom said they have not eaten in three days, lineup in a Johannesburg park, waiting to receive food baskets from private donors, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Because of South Africa’s imposed lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, many people who don’t have savings and are unable to work are not able to buy food. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)A man does excercises in a scrap yard, during lockdown due to the coronavirus, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, April 8, 2020.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)South African police help distribute food to homeless recyclers and other destitute people, some of whom said they have not eaten in three days practice social distancing as they lineup in a Johannesburg park, waiting to receive food baskets from private donors, Thursday, April 9, 2020.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)A health worker wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, walks on the street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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