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		</div><p>More African countries have closed their borders as the spread of coronavirus threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into an alarming new front for the pandemic.</p>
<p>“About 10 days ago we had about five countries with the virus,” said the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Africa chief, Dr Matshidiso Moeti.</p>
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<p>Now, 34 of Africa’s 54 countries have cases, with the total close to 650. It is an “extremely rapid evolution”, she said.</p>
<p>In fact, the first sub-Saharan Africa case was announced on February 28.</p>
<p>She said she did not believe that large numbers of infected people are going undetected in Africa. However, she did acknowledge a challenge in the shortage of testing kits.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">633 confirmed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> cases in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Africa?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Africa</a> in 33 countries and 17 deaths. In past 24 hrs, The Gambia, Mauritius &; Zambia have announced first cases. <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WHO</a> is supporting countries with surveillance, diagnostics &; treatment. <a href="https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg">https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg</a> <a href="https://t.co/5EP26IT3Yh">pic.twitter.com/5EP26IT3Yh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1240531267990536193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Forty-three countries have testing capability, up from two when the outbreak began.</p>
<p>The WHO regional chief also expressed concern about travel restrictions and their impact on the ability to deliver needed resources. The WHO is considering humanitarian corridors.</p>
<p>But many African nations were taking their cue from China and other countries by sharply restricting travel.</p>
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<p>On Thursday, Senegal closed its airspace. Angola and Cameroon shut air, land and sea borders. Rwanda blocked all commercial flights for a month. The island nation of Mauritius closed its border after announcing its first case.</p>
<p>Some people in other countries clamoured for their governments to block flights, too.</p>
<p>“To stop this virus once and for all is to stop any flight that will land at (Nairobi’s international airport). Let them stop,” said Uhuru Evans, a bus driver in the capital of Kenya, east Africa’s economic hub.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Simple hygiene practices can reduce your risk of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> &; other respiratory illnesses. </p>
<p>If you think you may have been exposed to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a>, please contact your healthcare provider immediately.<a href="https://t.co/n3a6b3foLz">https://t.co/n3a6b3foLz</a> <a href="https://t.co/NViXp9QvFu">pic.twitter.com/NViXp9QvFu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1233323886370082817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He offered hand sanitiser to passengers as they boarded.</p>
<p>“Since it was announced that it has reached Kenya, I am refusing to take customers to the airport,” said Peter Muteru, a taxi driver. “It has reached a point where I carry only people I know.”</p>
<p>Some African nations also began cracking down on alcohol sales to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.</p>
<p>South Africa — where the number of cases jumped to 150 from 116 — said all places that sell alcohol for drinking on site must close from 6pm to 9am. And they must accommodate less than 50 people at a time or close immediately.</p>
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<p>Authorities have raised concerns about crowded drinking spots in the country with the most cases in sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
<p>In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has barred attendance at bars and clubs, calling limiting “merry-making” a new front in virus prevention.</p>
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