Also on the agenda, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a vast economic and social support plan worth € 24.4 billion to support the most vulnerable businesses and people facing the Covid pandemic. 19. Also in South Africa, around 100 informal dwellings were destroyed in Johannesburg, the latest episode in a controversial wave of expropriations decided following the increase in illegal land occupations since the start of containment. 

In Madagascar, the president presents a herbal drink as a "miracle cure" for Covid-19. 

The World Health Organization recalled that there is currently "no evidence" that herbal medicines can "prevent or cure the disease". The National Academy of Medicine of Madagascar estimates that it is about a drug whose scientific proofs are "not yet elucidated" and which is likely to carry "damage to the health of the population".

Finally we will go to Burkina Faso, where the government has announced the compulsory wearing of masks from April 27, 2020. To try to remedy a shortage, a stylist has launched into the manufacture of masks which he offers to hospital staff. . 

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