In Lagos, Nigeria, where most of the inhabitants live on their daily wage, the local government distributed food Wednesday, April 1, to ensure people respect a two-week lockdown.
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READ MORE: Africa's largest city, Lagos, appeared deserted Tuesday after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital in the continent's latest effort to brake the juggernaut of coronavirus.

Businesses were closed, markets abandoned and streets empty as the usually chaotic megacity of 20 million, along with the capital Abuja, sputtered to a halt on the first full day of a two-week shutdown.

Police in protective equipment manned checkpoints, trucks carrying non-essential items were turned back, and youths were spotted playing football on a usually traffic-clogged highway.

Nigeria embarked late Monday on one of Africa's most ambitious efforts at social distancing after recording 151 confirmed cases and two deaths.

Enforcing the stay-at-home order in the overcrowded slums of Lagos will be a mammoth challenge as millions of poor depend on their daily earnings to survive. (AFP)