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COVID-19 in the DR Congo

COVID-19 in the DR Congo

Divers

D.R. Congo

Pierre Englebert

Atlantic Council

As of March 24, the Democratic Republic of Congo had only forty-eight confirmed cases of coronavirus, with three dead of the disease. Another 772 individuals were being quarantined.

In Lubumbashi, for example, a false alert about two potentially infected individuals who had flown in from Kinshasa led Governor Jacques Kyabula to declare a complete 48-hour lockdown on March 23 until all the plane’s passengers could be found and isolated. But large amounts of people could still be seen milling around in the streets, several neighborhood markets remained open, and the moto-taxis were doing their regular business.

 

 

COVID-19 in the DR Congo
COVID-19 in the DR Congo
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