Coronavirus surges in Djibouti as population ignores measures

The tiny but strategically important country that hosts major US and French military bases has recorded 985 positive cases - small on a global scale, but the highest in East Africa. Two people have died.This is largely due to testing. Djibouti, with a population of around one million, has conducted just over 10,000 tests - a similar number to neighbouring Ethiopia, which has more than 100 million people.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said that with 98.6 cases per 100,000 people, Djibouti has the highest prevalence on the continent. Authorities have conceded the virus has not been successfully contained since a nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 23, when Djibouti had just two recorded cases of COVID-19.The inability to control the outbreak has irritated Djibouti's powerful President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who has ruled since succeeding his uncle in 1999, and is not bound by term limits.

"The confinement has not been respected by everyone, and unfortunately many of our compatriots still take this disease lightly," Guelleh said in a televised address to the nation this week. "You continue to circulate, not observing minimum distances, not isolating yourselves, and spreading the disease."

All I can say is... Research about the Dr if needs be! There's more than what meets the eye...

Alex is another Djibouti, they are so careless with their health!

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