Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Africa -- News Updates April 7, 2020

Reuters: Medical aid marooned as Africa shuts borders amid coronavirus pandemic

DAKAR/BANGUI (Reuters) - Medical charity Alima planned to open an emergency operating theatre this week in Burkina Faso, but the project has stalled because the country closed its borders before a surgeon and anesthetist could fly in, its director told Reuters.

In Central African Republic, health officials say a measles vaccination campaign may be cancelled because of a delay in the supply of vials normally flown in from France.

Coronavirus has infected more than 3,000 people In sub-Saharan Africa and killed about 100, prompting some of the world’s poorest countries to shut land and sea borders.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Africa -- News Updates April 7, 2020

Threat of coronavirus hangs over Sahel displaced -- AFP
Exclusive: Niger's Issoufou echoes warning that coronavirus could kill millions in Africa -- France 24
Sahel food insecurity: WFP warns coronavirus disrupting supplies -- France 24
'We will starve': Zimbabwe's poor full of misgiving over Covid-19 lockdown -- The Guardian
UN warns Libya vulnerable as country suffers first virus death -- AFP
COVID-19: Sudan struggles with denial and misinformation -- Al Jazeera
Liberia braces for coronavirus with defunct health system -- Al Jazeera
Egypt to ban Ramadan gatherings to counter spread of coronavirus -- Reuters
Coronavirus crisis spells trouble for many Egyptian breadwinners -- Reuters
Reporting on the coronavirus: Egypt muzzles critical journalists -- DW
Coronavirus: Moroccans without masks in public risk jail terms -- BBC
Coronavirus leaves Senegal's street children more exposed than ever -- Reuters
Coronavirus lockdowns hit flower farms in Kenya -- Al Jazeera
Eritrea urged to free political prisoners amid COVID-19 threat -- Al Jazeera
DR Congo 'prepared' to take part in vaccine testing: official -- AFP
'We are at war': Kenya halts movement to areas worst hit by coronavirus -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Tunisia deploys police robot on lockdown patrol -- BBC
Global demand for protective gloves is soaring, but Ivorian rubber farmers are losing money -- France 24
South Africa's ruthlessly efficient fight against coronavirus -- BBC
One week into lockdown, how is S Africa faring in COVID-19 fight? -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus: African Union calls for '$100 to 150 billion' to help continent -- France 24
U.N. agency keeps Africa food aid flowing amid coronavirus -- Reuters
Coronavirus in Africa: Debunking fake news and myths around Covid-19 -- BBC