Coronavirus and a thought for Africans stranded in China

Imagine in a place a millions miles away from home where it's beginning like a never ending nightmare.
Well, that's the situation for thousands of African students live in Wuhan, the center of China's coronavirus outbreak. Amid a mass quarantine, many have found themselves stranded, with little hope for evacuation.


Records show that there are nearly 5,000 Africans studying in the city, and the situation they find themselves is particularly stressful. For most of them, they may not be able to leave China anytime soon.
According to DW news, South African students, were told by their embassy in Beijing that they should follow their Chinese universities' instructions. Leaving the city or even the country without permission could have "far-reaching consequences."
There are also unconfirmed reports that food supplies for some African students in Wuhan are no longer guaranteed. According to the reports, some African embassies are trying to provide their citizens with basic necessities in the quarantined province of Hubei, where Wuhan is situated.
While we praying the coronavirus doesn't take Africa back to the kind of day Ebola ravaged through parts of the continent, it's also worth sparing a thought and prayer for the ones far away where the virus is already an epidemic.

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