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Africa: As Cases Rise Along With Economic Hardship, Countries Grapple With Safely Easing Lockdowns
Africa Renewal, 11 June 2020
Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures, such as… Read more »
Africa Balances Safely Easing Lockdowns Against Economic Hardship
Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures imposed to curb the spread of the pandemic in the face of a crippling economic downturn, with every month of lockdown predicted to cost the continent U.S.$65.7 billion, writes Franck Kuwonu for Africa Renewal.
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