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Significant efforts are being made by African governments to respond to the pandemic; however, the number of cases has been increasing exponentially, with the caseload doubling to 10,000 in a week.

World Vision’s Aftershocks report considers what would happen if the secondary impacts of the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak on children were replicated in the 24 most fragile countries covered by the UN appeal.

Libya recorded its first case of COVID-19 on March 24. Security challenges are now coupled with grave health concerns posed by the potential spread of the virus, especially in detention centres.

A plane arrived in Venezuela carrying 90 tons of health, water, hygiene and sanitation, and education supplies to be distributed to health centers and in the most vulnerable communities.

Living in crowded conditions, without adequate access to water and sanitation, and with precarious livelihoods and food security, refugees are particularly vulnerable to the virus.

WFP is planning to assist 4.1 million people in April, although insufficient funding has prevented it achieving the same monthly target this year. In March, it reached 3.7 million of the most vulnerable.

More lives are at risk in the Centre Nord and Sahel regions where hundreds of thousands of displaced people, including small children, are being forced to sleep in the open at the mercy of the elements.

Hundreds of Venezuelans are returning home as lockdown measures prevent them from earning a living. More could follow without an increase in funding for the Colombian government’s pandemic response.