EDITORIAL: Stop brutal force on civilians when enforcing curfews
A police officer beats a female orange vendor on a street in Kampala, Uganda, on March 26, 2020, after President Yoweri Museveni directed the public to stay home for 32 days starting March 22, 2020 to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP
Going by the current trajectory, East Africa is on course to see a huge jump in the number of Covid-19 cases over the next few weeks.
South Sudan remains the exception within the East African Community region, without a single reported case as at Friday. As the number of active cases rise, so does the intensity of measures to break the chain. Burundi banned traffic crossing over from Rwanda and joined the rest of the region in limiting the movement of people.
