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Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March

Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount, we take a look at how COVID-19 is affecting the continent socially and economically.

General view shows customers shopping for essential commodities in the Naivas Supermarket in Nairobi
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Kenyan cuts

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Kenyan government agree to pay cuts, curfew imposed as coronavirus cases grow
Empty sunbathing chairs are seen on a beach near the Hasdrubal Hotel in Hammamet
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shock wave

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Coronavirus: 5 economies to watch as the impact spreads These 5 countries will be hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic — NIGERIA Oil sits barely above $30 per barrel for a country that only recently adjuste...
A worker picks flowers designated for export at a farm near the town of Thika © Citi sees agriculture and agri-processing as African industries of the future. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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COVID-19 Bond

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African Development Bank picks Citi for US dollar coronavirus bond sale
Virus Outbreak Nigeria
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Nigerian delay

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Nigerian private sector needs to stay home 1. Although the first case of #coronavirus in the country was reported on 28 February, @MBuhari did not formally address his nation until nearly a mon...
Shoppers queue to stock up on groceries at a Pick n Pay store
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Southern Lockdown

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South Africa in lockdown as Coronavirus cases spike 1. #Southafrica to enter a 21 day lockdown to curb the spread of #COVIDー19 @CyrilRamaphosa announces during televised address #CoronavirusInSA 2. ...
Employees work in Cormart factory as the company steps up production of hand sanitizers to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos
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global fightback

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WHO’s Tedros: ‘Don’t abandon the poorest to coronavirus’ “If wealthy countries with strong health systems are buckling under the pressure of COVID-19 outbreaks, imagine what will happen in countries in the m...
Workers sew clothes inside the Indochine Apparel PLC textile factory in Hawassa Industrial Park in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region
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Step Change

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Coordinated response can protect African garments industry from coronavirus fallout 1. Save #Ethiopia garment workers from the impact of #coronavirus by subsidising wages and retooling factories argue @dominicmcvey and @DWteVelde ...
In Nantong, China, employees of a pharmaceutical industry are busy producing chloroquine on February 27, 2020. © Xu Congjun/Utuku/ROPI-REA
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virus Raoulted?

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Coronavirus: 9 things to know about chloroquine
Tewolde Gebremariam head of Ethiopian Airlines
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Flying criticism

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Ethiopian Airlines to China: last international carrier standing 1. Despite criticism for its decision to continue operations to #China, @flyethiopian has stood its ground and is now the sole means of importing nece...
© Passengers on the cruise liner MV AidAmira, quarantined in Cape Town on March 18. Cape Town was a point of entry into Africa for the Spanish Flu of 1918. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
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When God Was Angry

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Coronavirus: far to go before rivalling Spanish Flu of 1918 Spanish Flu decimated South Africa in 1918-19 – spurring the growth of the country’s life insurance industry.
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