Coronavirus: confined, Brazzaville emptied of its inhabitants

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The Congo now has 22 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including two deaths, according to the latest assessment established by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, the day the curfew came into force. Since midnight, the population of the country is in containment, and its capital, Brazzaville, has been emptied of a good part of its population who preferred confinement in the countryside.

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With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial

The bus station located in the perimeter of the Thomas Sankara high school, in the north of the city, looked like a fair for two days. The travelers jostled, but some of them ran out of space. This is the case of Alex Narcisse, a father in his fifties, who wanted to go and live his confinement in the locality of Gamboma, more than 300 kilometers from the capital. “ I was going to go home to Gamboma. But at the bus station, I found a crazy world. Suddenly, I could not find space because there are not enough buses to go to the village. That's why I'm leaving home. "

Carriers have doubled ticket prices, sometimes more. " Usually, we pay our ticket 7,000 FCFA to go to the village," explains Alex Narcisse. Now the price varies between 15,000 and 20,000 FCFA. It gets a little painful. "

It is the fear of Covid-19, which already affects Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, the two main cities in the country, which pushes many city dwellers to seek refuge in the countryside. The official assessment is currently of 22 confirmed cases, including two deaths recorded in Pointe-Noire.

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