The World Health Organization is looking to help Africa to prepare for and respond to the storm.

South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Algeria and Egypt are identified as the African countries with the highest risk importing COVID19.

As China insists its winning the battle to contain coronavirus, markets are reacting to the  spread of 77 000 cases to 30 countries.

Any complacency has been swept aside by the substantial increase of cases in Iran, South Korea and `italy

The Down Jones industrial index plunged more than1000 points – its biggest fall in two years.

The FTSE index suffered its worst fall in three years.

Shares in Apple, Disney and Nike all fell indicating how much is made in China and how important it is.

Airline stocks fell reflecting the mass cancellation  of travel to avoid the virus.

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To the Disney organization issued like the ka-ching of caste registers.

Which is why they trademarked it.

Angry Kenyans accuse the US entertainment giant of stealing their culture.

Disney trademarked hakuna matata when they made the Academy Award winning Lion King 24 years ago.

They’ve brought their legal rights out of the cupboard for the live-action remake of the story,  based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, due out in six months.

Swahili activists say Disney has no rights to one of their most used phrases just because  an animated warthog sang it in their movie.

Some beg to differ.

And the lawyers are expensively paid to do this.

After all, they trademarked tennis star John McEnroe’s angry outburst: You cannot be serious. 

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