To stop Ebola, Liberians had to stop the way we had always lived and interacted with each other. And so, with the news of the Coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the world and attacking the way others have always lived, loved and cared, Liberia remembers. A good measure, no doubt, except that there was no plan to mitigate the indefinite closure of schools. We need to creatively plan to keep our children academically engaged should our situation and circumstance come to it. The Coronavirus Pandemic is not unlike the Ebola Virus Epidemic – for both, as we would say in Liberia, “an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!”

Source: Front Page Africa March 16, 2020 18:00 UTC