COVID-19: Time for a lockdown!

Coronavirus infections in the country have spiked from crawling weekly twos and threes in its first weeks in March, to galloping 10s, 20s, 50s and even hundreds within days lately. In 24 hours last week, the number jumped by over 200 new cases! Which is why we are surprised that the Government is still flirting with half measures and hesitating to resort to a complete (nationwide) or partial (Yaounde, Douala, Bafoussam, Buea and Limbe) lockdown. At over 500 infections at the weekend only a month since the first case was reported, there is no guessing how high the curve will…