Africa needs a Marshall plan to ride out Covid-19 crisis; prepare for uncertain times
A man wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus outbreak, as he rides his motorbike along a busy shopping street in Dakar, Senegal on March 18, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS
The rapid spread of Covid-19 has upended life in all parts of the world in ways never witnessed this past century.
On the health side we have seen an acute shortage of facilities from testing kits, personal protection gear, to hospital facilities and health personnel in the most developed countries.