Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Africa -- News Updates March 24 - 25, 2020

Time/AP: Africa Coronavirus Cases Over 2,000 as South Africa Rushes Into Lockdown

JOHANNESBURG — Customers started behaving oddly about a week ago, visibly dejected street vendor Frank Mojapelo said. Some were wary to exchange cash. Some backed away, or refused to touch him.

Now, an unprecedented lockdown looms in South Africa over the coronavirus, with a country of 57 million people told to stay home starting Friday. Virus cases leapt again to 554 on Tuesday, the most of any country in Africa. Forty-three of the continent’s 54 countries now have cases, with the total at 2,046, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Africa -- News Updates March 24 - 25, 2020

Africa cases over 2,000 as South Africa rushes into lockdown -- AP
Coronavirus sees lockdowns across Africa as cases of COVID-19 increase in the continent -- ABC News Online
Africa's weak health systems face escalating virus peril -- AFP
Economic fears as Africa escalates coronavirus response -- AFP
Coronavirus: Authorities across Africa brace for pandemic -- France 24
Egypt imposes two-week nightly curfew to slow coronavirus spread -- Al Jazeera
Egypt imposes night-time curfew over coronavirus -- BBC
Egypt imposes night-time curfew in bid to contain virus -- AFP
South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday -- AP
South Africa's coronavirus cases surge past 500 -- AFP
South African prepare for 21-day lockdown -- DW
Sudan orders closure of all borders over COVID-19 -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus may mean Botswana's hunting season is cancelled -- Al Jazeera
Libya sees 1st virus case as more curfews called in Mideast -- AP
Ethiopia's Abiy seeks $150bn for African virus response -- AFP
Coronavirus: Ethiopia seeks debt relief for Africa -- BBC
British tourist, 62, dies in Cape Verde after contracting coronavirus in West African nation's first fatality from pandemic -- Daily Mail