Covid-19 attack sounds the alarm for EA to set up a ‘disease army’
A staff member of Kenya's Ministry of Health sprays disinfectant on a rock which people sit on to curb the spread of the Covid-19 at the Gikomba Market in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 21, 2020. PHOTO | GORDWIN ODHIAMBO | AFP
For East Africa, novel coronavirus (Covid-19) arrived a little later than in China and Europe, but in a few days, it has scattered us and our best answer has been to mostly go in hiding.
From our hiding places, however, we shouldn’t let this coronavirus crisis go to waste. It is pointing us to fruitful directions.
