COVID-19 Updates in Africa: Angola isolates capital, Sierra Leone remains virus-free for a month

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Lesotho, the last African nation to be infected with the COVID-19 virus recently recorded its first case of the COVID 19 virus since the outbreak started, although it shares land borders with South Africa, Africa’s most infected nation of the COVID 19 virus with 12,074 cases confirmed and 219 deaths recorded.

An area in Luanda, Angola’s capital, has been isolated by the Angolan authorities after a high percentage of the COVID 19 virus confirmed resides within the area. The Angolan government recently relaxed it’s lockdown measures to curb the spread of the COVID 19 virus in the country.

In order to decrease the spread of the virus and prevent another total lockdown of the country, the Angolan government resorted to locking down the most infected areas only.

Angola has confirmed 45 cases of the COVID 19 virus and the country has recorded two deaths from the virus.
Despite the high number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Cameroon, the residents of the country openly defy the measures issued by the government to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Residents are openly ignoring the physical distancing measures the government advised and very few people bother with wearing face masks to protect themselves from the virus. Some residents in the country concerned with contracting the virus have urged the Cameroon government to impose the physical distancing and wearing of face masks measures must strictly.

Cameroon has confirmed 2,800 cases of the COVID 19 virus and has recorded 136 deaths. Meanwhile, in Sierra Leone, the country has not confirmed a single case of the COVID 19 virus in a month. The last confirmed case of the virus in Sierra Leone was on the 13th of April.

Although the virus seems to have come to a standstill in the country, the country recently received COVID 19 virus supplies from the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, 12th of May.

Julius Maada Bio, the President of Sierra Leone gave a public thanks to Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Naliyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi. Sierra Leone recorded 387 cases of the COVID 19 virus so far and reported 26 deaths.