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'd with numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is the tipping is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the current environment and they ever get it appears to large and a fix it by the outbreak nigeria has been praised for its response that people in lagos sucky pain call van carrying on. i know you worry that it's going to be a problem you think you're no good no no no because you will fight they're the bottom. the thing that we desperately don't question out there were others. and we
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take a look at the abidjan the biggest performing arts event in africa and. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company more and more governments around the world are imposing lock downs and restricting travel off to the world health organization declared virus a pandemic that means it is spreading from person to person at a very high rates in all spoke countries now if you take a quick look at this map showing where cases have been confirmed g.c. africa looks a lot cleaner now there are currently just over 100 cases confirmed in africa in 12 countries so a small number compared to europe where it's a the unknown has 12000 cases. the global crisis is not widespread in africa
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at least for now there are fears that a corona virus outbreak on the continent could overwhelm the already fragile health care systems in rwanda campaigns promoting basic hygiene like many other african countries it's free of the virus but still bracing for impact you know need of the new members we have to be afraid of this disease competition but the silver goes that way we'll take serious measures to prevent it in all ways before it comes to you but you know if it gets here we can keep it from spreading quickly as they kill it and. up until now those infected with the virus have come from abroad so the most stringent checks are being carried out at ports of entry but that's not been enough the 1st coronavirus case south of the sahara was in nigeria an italian citizen who flew in from milan he has since infected
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a 2nd person and authorities fear such secondary cases could pose the biggest threat particularly if they spread undetected. correspondent for takes us to the streets of lagos way of people don't seem to be worried about the outbreak. that loved one of the guests mark at the lagos yes well firstly wife and family so there's a lot of money xchange on physical contact nothing seems to change in spite of 2 call from kitchens off who are now back and many people here tell me that they are no one we are told. that about. and i you worry that it's going to be a problem in niger. because you will. i think. whatever us all know me because. of just me we would survive this. do that was it that when this.
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one of the reasons why most nigerians are not is because nigeria is no stranger to this great quake zone. city of 20000000 people it could have been an epidemic. and now nigerian health authorities are receiving praise from around the world including the world health organization for their efforts in stopping the spread of . passing just coming into the country have to undergo screenings at different ports of entry we must pass on all their information to authorities this is an example of the form. to feel as soon as they arrive before they've.
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now it includes information like buyer data information flight information health symptoms and there's a question here that says in the last 2 weeks have you heard of anyone who was not feeling well so after. the health officials. the passengers and those they have made contact we've. acted if there is any suspected cases of the virus on their flight it was almost. too. busy. on devices. to care. so why haven't we seen as many coronavirus cases in africa it's on to this. morning on the program he's a former world health organization vajrayana just for the region africa professor we'll get to that question in a moment but 1st people in nigeria be
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a little bit more concerned about the coronavirus than they are at the moment. agri we do very much that we should be more concerned than we are that we've discovered a 2nd piece if you dread gaze after the testimony and there's a somebody in nigeria who are the 1st because we sort of not discover of all of the people who chuckle with fact that have been the people we have not given to truth to we should give my consent now that course interact with others and i share in the saying things like we beat a ball we can beat the car on a virus if that knowledge is correct jordan it is not after we get a bullet we say we have got that it is vacuum of local to control a fever yellow fever so if you couldn't beat those ones who would use of the confidence that we can do to going to various this is quite different from what we do with a bullet intense of the reach of transmission to do it so this speech which becomes much more difficult than. it would have hurt us for example looking at the map of
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where the the cases of this outbreak have been confirmed the african looked pretty much teen professor if i can say that compared to you know places like europe why is it that we haven't seen so many cases in africa we have in this huge audience one thing that the environment the condition. given the fact that you have knives you will get you would be the temperature environment that temperature of near the chance of a shut up you of the physicians being in the 2nd circulation when you have the mouth guardian must and will people wish to spread the disease so right now yes not having the choice is what i said also the fact that we are not detected if you do find it not but if africa is a very young continent does that mean that when corona virus does great that people will be better placed to survive it i mean we've heard things like it is the elderly and people with existing conditions that almost honorable it seems to
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quantify very minding that they have to choose. similarly just enough for them not as vibrant us to expect. and merriment their condition you thought had started so i don't think we can rely too much you're investing is not to get you know that people young people are not going. to not die as much as. you know and you believe that it's good. that coronavirus kong by africa very high in places that some of the stuff that you think about this whole media when you look at the. characters are critics of those viruses if you read temperatures you tend to judge them to the deuce of an environment but when you get to an investment like some of the ones you having are going to reject when it reaches $3030.00 degrees it degrees and even for t.v. since you get that of they're like you survived and you know grandsons you know that
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he was taller each ticket should i turn to him and across compared to this is a year of which temperatures are much more of a how well placed in nigeria. in terms of how would it cope if if the number of cases was to start increasing dependence of nigeria cannot be focused on 2 or 3 places where we're talking of hugo's we're talking of a project i don't have to feel confident that all the states in the country aspartate us i don't we go sort of these are these are the captives there are other packages and you move into every that action even the ones to begin to take action on g.d.p. since i've been discovered these kids are going to waste it so as not to shows that our factory we from lugo's our protect the act i don't think we're taken seriously at 3 part of the country should be perfect not just in uganda or not he will come soon got more reasons for my age and to go into the heart of the country i'm going
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to be worried if you thought it would be difficult. all right that's professor mari . thank you staying on coronavirus i'm going down south to south africa which has reported its 1st case off local transmission a 29 year old man in the free state province was confirmed infected with corona virus after contact with the chinese businessmen now south africa is also bringing home more than 120 off its citizens from china south africa's president settled on a process and military stuff on the mission this week some of the return nice has been confined to quarantine in china for almost 2 months. now president run of course a was at pains to point out that none of the returning ill and they will stay in quarantine once they return to south africa but what do people in the country think
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our correspondent in cape town actually increase sent us this update people here are divided about the government's decision to bring the south africans in one big hole many are criticizing the timing already many weeks ago other nations have been bringing their people back home but the government here has been debating and still baiting and they're only taking action now at a time where the number of cases is going down in china i do this lowly increasing here in south africa on the other hand family members are of course very happy that this is going to happen now they've been lobbying for it with the government for weeks it was a very frustrating time for many of them and although it will still take quite some time until they can physically see their family members remember they have to go in quarantine 1st the moment of their return is definitely going to be a moment of happiness and relief for them. all right that's a to increase reporting there from cape town but is it an hour from dayton is africa you can catch all stories on our website and facebook page. will leave you
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now with these images from the abidjan the biggest before me off of international behind me you can see already to see i get home from cameroon performing the peace visit and if you want to see more. before me and i think john in china tomorrow is africa will have a full report for you till the end. or . the one in the last. 2. if the all. of.
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the. is. the evil. or the will. to the point of strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. more than a 100 countries around the world are in the grip of the coronavirus thousands have died in many. more effective in this business is struggle to stay alive great fears of a global recession sad to deal with the angst find out all to the point shortly. to
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the point. of insisting on t.w. . the bassinet to sift through the dixie cups a day about of the people both for the over direction home the 4th time for the most recently that we can but would rather lose the bottom of the ballets at the last dragon those words as you call it the harder to 3 years. to agree books on how to. move. the trouble continues wall street has its worst days since the 987 crash investors deemed governments and central banks anti-virus measures us too little and possibly too late sending stocks into a tailspin also the coronavirus nightmare for the global aviation industry get.

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