CORONAVIRUS IS EQUALIZING SITUATIONS BETWEEN CONTINENTS

            As the daily number of new infections appears to be falling in parts of the world, some fear the epicenter of Coronavirus could move to continent, despite efforts to lock down cities and countries, donations of protective equipment, testing kits and ventilators from China, one thing is clear Africa has not yet flattened the curve and the room for man oeuvre is getting smaller. A healthcare facility in Kenya's funding, Nairobi has actually been creating brand new beds preparing for a surge in Coronavirus situations, Africa has actually passed the grim turning point of 10,000 reported situations of Coronavirus, together with greater than 500 fatalities, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ACDC, as the everyday number of brand new cases seems dropping in components of the globe, some worry the epicenter of the infection might relocate to the continent. Around 60% of Kenyan capital's 4.4 million inhabitants live in 200 high-density informal settlements like Kibera, which account for around 6% of the city's total area, African leaders, scientists and the World Health Organization have voiced concern over the potential damage the virus could inflict if allowed to spread to such areas, which are home to nearly 43% of the continent's population, but in Kibera, a homegrown grassroots movement is mobilizing to improve education, sanitation and healthcare provisions, while calling on governments in Kenya and beyond to prioritize, finance and adapt interventions in the continent's poorest communities. The Kenyan government has introduced a dusk to dawn curfew in a bid to curtail the spread of the virus, with 197 cases confirmed nationwide to date, however instances of police brutality have drawn ire from rights groups such as Amnesty International and a 13 year-old boy was shot and killed by police in the Mathare area of northeastern Nairobi earlier this week. Abuse of civilians by police and military personnel has also been reported in neighboring Uganda and further afield. Dr Michel Yao who runs the emergency response programme for the World Health Organization in Africa, said "What we are seeing is that this opportunity is no longer there or almost not there for some countries, the worry is also now those countries cannot adequately manage this phase, they are moving to in country transmission but we are seeing there is some delay in addressing this to mobilise more people, train more people and think about capacity" It is difficult to compare regions with different cultures, economies, travel links and infrastructure but some comparisons paint an urgent picture, in studying the daily increases in the number of those who have tested positive for Coronavirus around the world, Africa appears to be controlling the spread better than in the United States and Europe so far but the comparison with Asia, where some countries appeared to reduce the daily increase in the number of new cases relatively quickly doesn't fare so well.
Despite initiatives to secure down cities as well as nations, regardless of contributions of safety tools, China says it has largely curbed its Covid-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials, local authorities in the industrial center of 15 million said at least eight people diagnosed with the illness had spent time in the city's Yuexiu district, known as Little Africa, five were Nigerian nationals who faced widespread anger after reports surfaced that they had broken a mandatory quarantine and been to eight restaurants and other public places instead of staying home, as a result nearly 2,000 people they came into contact with had to be tested for Covid-19 or undergo quarantine. Guangzhou had confirmed 114 imported Coronavirus cases on Friday, 16 of which were Africans, the rest were returning Chinese nationals, it has led to Africans becoming targets of suspicion, distrust and racism in China, the community had been subject to mass Coronavirus testing even though many had not left China recently and placed under arbitrary quarantine at home or in hotels, China has banned foreign nationals from entering the country and many travelers are being sent into 14 days isolations either in their own accommodation or at centralized facilities, these infections have sparked a torrent of abuse online, with many Chinese internet users posting racist comments and calling for all Africans to be deported, last week a controversial cartoon depicting foreigners as different types of trash to be sorted through went viral on social media, China's foreign ministry acknowledged this week that there had been some misunderstandings with the African community. The complains in Guangzhou contrast with a welcome reception to Chinese efforts in battling the Coronavirus across the African continent, where Beijing this week donated medical supplies to 18 countries, "When China engages Africa it's the central government that does that but when it comes to immigration enforcement that happens at the local level" said Eric Olander, managing editor of the China Africa Project, that explains why there's an inconsistency in the more upbeat messaging we hear about Chinese diplomacy on the continent and the increasingly difficult realities that African traders, students and other expatriates face in their day to day lives in China.