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Photo Facts: Containing the Spread of Covid-19 in Africa

The evolving nature of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic highlights the importance of strong health systems, emergency preparedness and collaboration among governments, multilateral institutions, civil society, and the private sector in an increasingly globalized economy.

Kenyan government gazetted the compulsory mask rule whose enforcement begins on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)
Residents of Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town, South Africa, Clash with police Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in protest against the distribution of food parcels to the poor and unemployed during the third week of a lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo)
A delivery motorcyclist rides in a rain storm through what is normally one of the busiest intersection during rush hour in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs Tuesday, April 14, 2020 downtown Johannesburg. South Africa is under a strict five-week lockdown credited with slowing the rate of COVID-19 infections and reducing overall crime. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
In Lagos, hundreds of gang members, mostly teenagers, fleeing police in two Nigerian states under a coronavirus lockdown hoaxed residents into believing that coordinated armed robbery attacks were underway. (Photo: BBC News)
In this April 13, 2020, file photo, a woman buys tomatoes and onions from street sellers in Lagos, Nigeria. Lockdowns in Africa limiting the movement of people in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus are threatening to choke off supplies of what the continent needs the most: Food. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
In this April 10, 2020, file photo, residents desperate for a planned distribution of food for those suffering under Kenya’s coronavirus-related movement restrictions push through a gate and create a stampede, causing police to fire tear gas and leaving several injured, at a district office in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. Lockdowns in Africa limiting the movement of people in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus are threatening to choke off supplies of what the continent needs the most: Food. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)
Zweli Mkhize, South African Minister of Health, centre, with his cabinet colleagues during a media conference for the handing over of the emergency medical equipment for COVID-19 by China, at OR Tambo Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The virus 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. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a municipal worker sprays disinfectant in the Grand Market of Dakar, Senegal in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. Lockdowns in Africa limiting the movement of people in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus are threatening to choke off supplies of what the continent needs the most: Food. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)
An armed soldier turns away a vehicle during lockdown in Harare, Zimbabwe Monday, April 13, 2020. Zimbabwe is under lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus 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. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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