African Countries Respond Quickly To Spread Of COVID-19 – AuthenticAfrican

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A woman wears a mask as a preventive measure inside a minibus taxi in Johannesburg.

Countries are doing everything from closing schools to banning weddings. But there is concern about the toll on fragile health-care systems, on livelihoods and on people with diseases like TB.

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