Lagos, Africa’s largest city of at least 20 million people, ground to a halt as it and the Nigerian capital Abuja entered a two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported.

Lagos’ usual unending cacophony and interminable “go slows” or traffic jams were gone. Streets were virtually empty but for ambulances and police vehicles. Security forces manned frequent checkpoints where cars crawled through one by one.

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