South Africa plans localised lockdowns as pressure mounts to reopen
“South Africa plans to keep its major cities under tight lockdown but is preparing to ease national restrictions further this month in order to stem heavy damage to its economy.”
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Tunisia relaxes curfew with virus outbreak slowing
Latest Developments Tunisia Reuters Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Tunisia shortened its nightly curfew on Wednesday after three consecutive days without recording any new coronavirus cases and as the government relaxes a general lockdown.”
COVID-19 strategies Africa can learn from
Analysis and Opinion ISS Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Perhaps it is fitting that the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, should offer insight for Africa – the world’s least developed region. Africa can look to the US for signs of what is to come, some useful policy responses, and plenty of examples of how not to react to this pandemic.”
Ghana Says Its Virus Lockdown Was Untenable for Economy
Latest Developments Ghana Bloomberg Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“A 21-day lockdown of Ghana’s biggest cities became financially unbearable for most of the population, a concern that gave the government little choice when it lifted the restrictions last month, said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.”
SA’s big cities and coronavirus ‘hotspots’ could remain under level 4
Latest Developments South Africa Sunday Times (South Africa) Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“As the country prepares to move into level 3 of the COVID-19 lockdown, residents in some metros may remain under level 4. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday evening that some hotspots may remain unchanged while the rest of the country sees some easing of the lockdown levels.”
Who’s Advising President Weah to Open Churches, Mosques as COVID-19 Case Increase?
Analysis and Opinion Liberia Daily Observer (Liberia) Op-ed by John Schellhase“The increase in the country’s cases comes amid President Weah’s discussion to end the nationwide moratorium on church and mosque gatherings across the country — a measure instituted in early March to curtail the spread of the virus.”
What West Africa’s resilience can teach the world about COVID-19
Analysis and Opinion Cote d'Ivoire / Ghana / Guinea / Guinea-Bissau / Liberia / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo The New Humanitarian Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“With a rise in populism and associated patterns of scapegoating, response to any crisis in the United States tends to default towards denial, deflection, blame-shifting, and foot-dragging, rather than the proactive, collective response necessary for resilience that is so much more evident in West Africa. Governments in much of the region have responded swiftly and urgently to curb COVID-19, with the memory of the Ebola outbreak still strong.”
Lockdown and other interventions potentially saved 20,000 lives (South Africa)
Analysis and Opinion South Africa News24 Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Government interventions, including the travel ban and lockdown, have potentially averted at least 20,000 deaths, says a top scientist.”
COVID-19 Underscores the Need to Overhaul Social Policies Across Africa
Analysis and Opinion African Arguments Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Social assistance transfers fail to reach the poorest sections of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. The COVID-19 crisis requires an expansion of our relief efforts beyond traditional social transfers, and is a call to re-envision social policy once we emerge from the carnage of this crisis.”
South Sudan reopens airports despite rise in COVID-19 cases
Latest Developments South Sudan The East African Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“In a letter dated May 11 and addressed to all airline operators in the country, David Subek Dada, chief executive officer of the South Sudan Civil Aviation said the country’s airspace opened on Tuesday in line with last week’s presidential directive to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.”
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