National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

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Africa's first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced in Egypt on 14 February 2020.^[1]^[2] Many preventive measures have been implemented in different countries in Africa, including travel restrictions, flight cancellations, event cancellations,^[3] school closures, and border closures.^[4] Other measures to contain and limit the spread of the virus has included curfews, lockdowns, and enforcing the wearing of face masks. The virus has spread throughout the continent. Lesotho, the last African sovereign state to have remained free of the virus, reported a case on 13 May 2020.^[5]^[6]

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Disinfection exercise in Ivory Coast

Social distancing at a grocery store in Tunisia

COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana

Testing for COVID-19 at Mauritius

COVID-19 testing tent in South Africa

^ "Beijing orders 14-day quarantine for all returnees". BBC News. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Egypt announces first Coronavirus infection". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Here are the African countries with confirmed coronavirus cases". CNN. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "UN Sees Africa Sliding Into Recession Without Debt-Service Help". Bloomberg.com. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Remote Lesotho becomes last country in Africa to record COVID-19 case". Reuters. 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "Coronavirus live updates: Lesotho becomes last African nation to report a coronavirus case". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.