Coronavirus: Africa facing the pandemic Saturday April 4

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Africa counted today 8,018 confirmed cases, 50 countries are affected. The Covid-19 has already claimed the lives of 339 people, according to the report at 2 p.m. UT from the African Union Center for Disease Prevention and Control. 652 people recovered. The three states most affected in terms of coronavirus cases are South Africa (1,505), Algeria (1,171) and Egypt (985).

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• Coordination between France and ten African countries

What health response to the pandemic? According to the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron and ten African leaders held a conference call Friday evening. At the end of the phone: the presidents Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (Mali), Abiy Ahmed (Ethiopia), Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa), Paul Kagamé (Rwanda), Macky Sall (Senegal), Félix Tshisekedi (DRC), Abdel Fattah al- Sissi (Egypt), Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe) and Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. The objective of this conference was to consider solutions against the risk of food shortages that would threaten Africa. In the Sahel region, the WFP , the World Food Program, fears that the situation will quickly become " unmanageable ".

• Spoiled party in Senegal

The country deprived of the festivities for the 60th anniversary of its independence. Sobriety this Saturday in Dakar. A brief “taking up of arms” behind closed doors took place in the presence of the Head of State. President Macky Sall had announced the cancellation of the festivities from the first measures taken against the Covid-19. But the Senegalese people celebrated this anniversary in their own way by posting messages and photos of the national flag on social networks. This Saturday, 12 new cases were detected, which brings to 219 the number of positive cases. The coronavirus killed 2 people including Pape Diouf . 144 people are on treatment.

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• New assessment in Burkina Faso

16 new cases confirmed on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases since March 9 to 318. To date, 66 people have been healed.

• Farewell to the hero

Emotion in Kenya. The country paid a final tribute to the pilot of Kenya Airways, Daudi Kibati who repatriated from New York Kenyans trapped in the United States. He died of Covid-19, and other crew members are positive. Daudi Kibati is the fourth victim deplored by Nairobi.

• First death declared in Liberia

He is a 72 year old man. According to the Ministry of Health, out of 10 people tested positive, 3 are cured. Liberian President George Weah, whose country was hit hard by the Ebola epidemic between 2014 and 2016, wrote a song last week in which he urged his compatriots to fight the pandemic.

• Virtual Presidential Council in South Africa

From his private residence in Johannesburg, Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a remote coordination council to discuss ways of dealing with the pandemic and the economic crisis, announces the South African presidency website. South Africa, which must observe very strict confinement for 3 weeks, is the most affected country on the continent in terms of recorded cases.

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• Postponement of the OPEC meeting

The organization of oil-exporting countries, to which several African countries belong, including Gabon, Nigeria, Angola, Algeria and Congo Brazzaville postpones its meeting by videoconference to Thursday. It was originally scheduled for Monday. Announcement by the spokesperson of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy. OPEC and Russia must resume talks to revive the oil market hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Technology against the virus in Tunisia

It's not R2-D2, the famous robot from the Star Wars saga. His name is P Guard and he is a police robot who has been patrolling the streets of Tunis for a few days to the surprise of the inhabitants. He calls on Tunisians to respect the confinement imposed since March 22, "to respect the law", to stay at home to avoid the spread of Covid-19. He checks the identity papers. Cameras, beacon, this motorized robot with four wheels is visible on the Facebook page of the Ministry of the Interior and extensively commented by Internet users. According to the latest report from the African Union CDC, Covid-19 has killed 18 people and 495 cases have been identified.

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