On this edition of Africa 54, a World Health Organization official cautions quick ease of coronavirus lockdown measures; U.S. President Donald Trump says he will use executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration into America; World Food Programs say 265 million people face acute food insecurity due to the economic fallout of COVID-19; Melinda Gates addresses mistrust by communities in the fight to curb COVID-19; British actor and filmmaker Idris Elba launches a new United Nations Fund to help farmers in poorer nations.

A54 Business: South Africa’s struggling state-owned airline, South African Airways, offers severance packages to its 5,000 member workforce after Pretoria said it would no longer fund rescue efforts.