Photo News: Nigerians brace for lockdown as World tries to halt coronavirus
Vendors carry yams in wheelbarrows to sell to buyers in defiance to a seven-day partial shutdown of Lagos announced by the state government to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria on March 26, 2020. – Nigeria’s government on March 26, 2020 warned that Africa’s most populous nation could soon see an exponential increase in COVID-19 coronavirus infections unless contacts of confirmed cases are tracked down quicker. The country of around 190 million people has so far recorded just 51 infections and 1 death, but testing has been limited. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Israeli nationals, that are being evacuated to Israel from Nigeria, arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 29, 2020, due to the continuous outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus and upsurge in number of infected people. – Approximately 250 Israeli citizens in Nigeria have returned home and become the first travellers to board a direct flight to Israel due to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP)A young girl, that are being evacuated to Israel from Nigeria, sleeps on chairs at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 29, 2020, due to the continuous outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus and upsurge in number of infected people. – Approximately 250 Israeli citizens in Nigeria have returned home and become the first travellers to board a direct flight to Israel due to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP)Economic activites slow down as a few passengers arrive to board buses parked longer hours at the Ojodu-Berger bus terminal following a seven-day partial shutdown by the state government to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. – Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people. Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)A man walk past a closed shop in compliance with a seven-day partial shutdown by the state government to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. – Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people. Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)A general view of new isolation and treatment centre established by the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to treat victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the main bowl of the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. – Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people. Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops to cotain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu (C), speaks to passengers to enforce social distancing in a bus as part of measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria on March 26, 2020. – Nigeria’s government on March 26, 2020 warned that Africa’s most populous nation could soon see an exponential increase in COVID-19 coronavirus infections unless contacts of confirmed cases are tracked down quicker. The country of around 190 million people has so far recorded just 51 infections and 1 death, but testing has been limited. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)Beijing at Ojota, a business centre popularly known as China Town, shut down in compliance with a seven-day partial shutdown of Lagos announced by the state government to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria on March 26, 2020. – Nigeria’s government on March 26, 2020 warned that Africa’s most populous nation could soon see an exponential increase in COVID-19 coronavirus infections unless contacts of confirmed cases are tracked down quicker. The country of around 190 million people has so far recorded just 51 infections and 1 death, but testing has been limited. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)Medical staff push a patient on a stretcher towards a French medical helicopter NH90 of the 1st RHC (1st Combat Helicopter Regiment) in Strasbourg, on March 30, 2020, to be evacuated to a German hospital amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)Pope Francis walks towards the platform to preside over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peters Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps immediately in front of the façade of the Church, to be concluded with the Pope giving the Urbi et orbi Blessing, on March 27, 2020 at the Vatican. (Photo by YARA NARDI / POOL / AFP)A man walks through a sanitizing tunnel installed outside a subway station in Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on March 29, 2020 as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. – The smart cabin consists of an inflatable unit in a circular shape that is permanently spraying a sanitizing product used in hospitals. (Photo by Julio Cesar AGUILAR / AFP)
