Shoppers threaded their way between stalls hawking everything from watches to pigs’ feet in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, this week, two days after the government banned large gatherings to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Shoppers threaded their way between stalls hawking everything from watches to pigs’ feet in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, this week, two days after the government banned large gatherings to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus, but exempted markets such as this.
Sierra Leone, despite not having a reported infection, banned gatherings of more than 100 people on Monday. Markets that draw thousands of people were exempt. Africa has felt the effect of Covid-19 more slowly than in Asia and Europe. But 33 African nations have now reported more than 600 cases, with 17 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation. Its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised African countries on Wednesday to avoid mass gatherings and “wake up” to the growing threat.
“People are exaggerating a bit. The disease hasn’t really spread far here and they’re scaring us by telling us not to greet and to wear masks,” said Namory Doumbia, a 28-year-old chauffeur. Late on Wednesday, Senegal – which has 36 cases – ordered both churches and mosques to close. But they remained open in other nations, such as Burkina Faso, where hundreds prayed together in one of the capital’s largest mosques.
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