Liberia has inevitably registered its first case of the COVID-19. Now, what is reassuring in poor Liberia is President Weah’s exemplary disciplinary action against the first coronavirus victim. And that brings us to the other important aspect: stirring the national economy. Simply put, going into panic and running from your poor country at the first announcement of the coronavirus case will in no way be a life saving guarantee. Or the airlines that are suspending their flights to and fro Liberia; local businesses slowing down; workers not getting pay, etc.

Source: Front Page Africa March 23, 2020 06:00 UTC