For a long time, Africa was spared from the pandemic. Now it seems to have arrived (Der Tagesspiegel on 23.04.2020). The entry ban has been in place for a long time, so our plans were also moot. The planned lockdown is now pending in court because the population has massively resisted. There will be no wage continuation, no unemployment insurance or short-time work benefits. What was completely unreasonable from our point of view in terms of virus protection was born out of necessity for the local people.