African countries previously hit by deadly Ebola outbreaks are using the lessons they learned to fight the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
Venues that can house mass numbers of patients, such as a sports stadium in Nigeria, are being identified, Stephen said. Lockdowns, either at regional or national levels, are being implemented as cases are reported across the continent.
Lockdowns are also buying governments more time to prepare by slowing the spread of the disease. Still, Antonio acknowledged that lockdowns pose unique challenges in much of Africa. A medical staff member measures a man's temperature as a preventive measure against COVID-19 on his arrival in Gatumba, Burundi, at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 18, 2020."I have to be honest. We are far from preparedness," Deemi Dearzrua, a nurse in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, told NBC News.
"You go to the facilities in and around Monrovia, we don't even have paracetamol [known under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S.], which you can use for pain or headache," he said."We don't even have electricity. We don't even have running water." "We sympathize with what is happening in their countries," he said."But we still appeal for their help, because, like I said, our system is not prepared, so we are still asking them to help us with supplies, with logistics, with whatever they can do."
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