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*WHO Raises Serious Concerns Over Poor African Countries Enforcing Lockdowns* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?bc The World Health Organisation has red-flagged the capacity of some countries to effectively impose lockdown due to poverty, Newsday reports. The organisation said the move to enforce a lockdown in some countries which are marred with poverty where people literally work for their daily bread was equivalent in seriousness as infringing on people’s rights. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a media briefing on Monday said: ---------- Latest itel A06 on Pindula: 32GB storage, 4GB RAM $69 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 ---------- > That can only buy time, but at the same time, each and every country has a strong social welfare system, but other countries don’t and I come from Africa, as you know, and I know many people actually have to work every single day to win their daily bread and governments should take this population into account. > If we are closing and limiting movements, what is going to happen to those people who have to work on a daily basis who have to earn their bread on a daily basis? Another WHO executive, Michael Ryan who is an executive director for health emergencies said: > Society-wide measures are not easy. They are difficult and they are hurting people. Zimbabwe is one of the poor countries with an unemployment rate of 90% that enforced a 21 days lockdown. More: Newsday _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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