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Nigeria: Authorities announce tighter Covid-19 measures following a spike in cases.
The NCDC says the risk of transmission has increased with festive activities picking up
The authorities in Nigeria hope the new measures will prevent a second wave.
Several countries have imposed a ban on travel to and from South Africa, after the worsening coronavirus situation there.
And amid the doom of the coronavirus pandemic, 12-year-old Sierra Leonean school girl, Zahra Kamara, composes an uplifting poem.
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