On this edition of Africa 54, more than 1.6 million people have contracted the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19m, worldwide; Botswana’s parliamentarians and president quarantined and tested for COVID-19 after lawmaker tests positive; World Health Organization Africa chief call for urgent need to expand testing capacity beyond capital cities in Africa; DRC officials place COVID-19 epicenter under lockdown to curb the spread of the virus; Mandatory lockdown in Wuhan, China, the original epicenter of the coronavirus, is lifted.

A54 Entertainment: There are lots of new songs about the coronavirus popping up across Africa and the diaspora, but the host of VOA’s Music Time in Africa, Heather Maxwell and Kwame Ofori offer “Nobody” – a new afro-beats song out of Nigeria to lift your spirits.