Six weeks have passed since the curfew began. Masks are compulsory and people are urged to wash their hands frequently.

On 27 April there were 141 confirmed infections, 16 people died from the virus and 45 patients who tested positive for the virus and were treated in hospital have since recovered. Most of the acutely infected (129) live in Monrovia.

For the people, the economic situation is getting dangerously worse, day labourers, street vendors and traders are without income

The Liberian press explains that there is a corona virus and a hunger virus!

State education and material support for the people are not comprehensive.

The GERLIB HEALTH CENTER is open around the clock. The number of patients has been reduced. This has increased the proportion of patients who are not able to pay. The staff is wearing protective clothing, washing hands is a MUST for all who are there, the entrance is closed, one may only enter after a detailed questioning by the specialist staff, all those entering are measured for fever.

The free service for pregnant women is still available. The care and treatment of children and adults with various diseases continues.

The girls in the MAGIF CENTER have been at home since 16.04. as the schools are closed, they are healthy and hope to go back to school and meet their friends soon.

They are lovingly cared for 24 hours a day. The girls are occupied with painting, handicrafts, sewing and other handicrafts. They learn cooking and baking and take care of the house and garden.

The schools, which are attended by ten of the girls, arrange an analogous distance learning program by compiling teaching material, which is collected by a social worker. The girls work with these materials and a social worker brings them back to school.

The MAGIF COMMUNITY SCHOOL, like all schools, has stopped teaching since March 16th. The employees go to the community and do educational work about the corona virus and the protective measures. They distribute a flyer and a bar of soap. So the families can carry out the hygiene measures at home and protect themselves effectively.

The pandemic is another, especially economic, constraint for Liberians. It hits them particularly hard because society has not yet recovered from the consequences of the EBOLA crisis and the aftermath of the 14-year civil war (1989-2013). Those biographies that have just embarked on a hopeful development with vocational and university education are now experiencing a break.

The most important thing at present is to ensure that people get enough to eat and that social peace is maintained.