The African continent was hit hard after the first confirmed coronavirus case was recorded in Egypt on 14th February 2020. Since then a number of cases have been recorded in 56 African countries.
Countless efforts have been made by country leaders to prevent the continuous spread of the disease which have led most countries in employing strict measures such as physical distancing, lockdown and practicing of personal hygiene to reduce the spread of the virus. However, even though these measures have been helpful, it is clear the cases keep increasing and the effects of the lockdown have also caused economic hardships among individuals and states at large.
This and a number of reasons have compelled some leaders on contemplating on lifting or reducing the lockdown measures for some specific businesses to operate in order to ease the financial loses in these countries.
The International Monetary Fund have also supported 24 out of these 56 African countries in need of financial support to manage the covid-19 crisis in their countries.
Recently, member states of ECOWAS have also been supported to acquire some medical supplies to help in the fight of the disease. A subsequent virtual meeting was also held to intensify the fight against the virus with the Nigerian President being the leader of the fight with the ECOWAS region.
The list of all the countries affected by the novel virus have been listed below:
South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast Guinea, Djibouti, Tunisia, Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mayotte, Réunion, Mali, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Liberia, Cape Verde, Togo, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Eswatini, Benin, Libya, Chad, Eritrea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Namibia, Seychelles, Burundi, Gambia, Mauritania, Western Sahara, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe.
