Igad states plan united front to slow the spread of coronavirus
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is seen during a virtual summit with Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Ismail Omar Guelleh (Djibouti), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Somalia) and Abdalla Hamdok (Sudan), with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopia), and South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar representing President Salva Kiir on March 30, 2020. PHOTO | PSCU
Heads of States of member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) on Monday agreed to formulate a strategy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
The leaders held a virtual summit as the numbers of those infected continued to increase.