Frightened shoppers thronged markets across Africa on Tuesday, numerous in veils and gloves, to stock up as the coronavirus spread on the world's most unfortunate mainland. Costs rose in certain parts, however in any event one nation, Rwanda, looked to control expenses of staple nourishments. "It seems as though individuals are getting ready for war," said a dumbfounded retailer as Rwandans clamored for rice, cooking oil, sugar and flour at a market in the capital Kigali. "Costs have gone up - yet at the same time they purchase."
