Covid-19: Malawi president urges prayer and fasting

Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera has called on citizens to join him for three days of prayer and fasting to help contain the spread and impact of coronavirus.

Representatives of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, are in Mali and have met President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and an influential Imam in the country.

This week’s Letter From Africa was sent by Waihiga Mwaura in Kenya. He reflects on the scepticism and suspicion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Photo: President Lazarus Chakwera. Credit: Getty Images)