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On Monday, 23 March 2020, the President of the Ivory Coast, Mr Alassane Ouattara, declared a state of emergency in view of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.

​Following our 19/03/20 update on the situation in France, the government has recently reinforced confinement measures by requiring all people leaving their homes to carry forms which indicate not only the date and purpose of their outing, but also the time at which they went out.

Following the anti-COVID-19 measures reported previously, Budd Togo advises that all the country’s land, air and sea borders were closed on 21 March 2020.

​Budd Tunisia advises that the government has closed all air, sea and land borders with a view to containing the COVID-19 outbreak.

Confinement measures have also been introduced with the result that our colleagues in Tunisia are now working from home.

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Since drafting the information below, Budd Ghana advises that all the country’s land, sea and air borders will be closed from midnight tonight, 22 March 2020.

It is not yet known if this will modify emergency disembarkation of non-Ghanaians from vessels calling in Takoradi or Tema.

On 16 March 2020, the French government announced measures limiting the movement of private individuals from 12:00 on 17 March 2020 for a minimum of two weeks with the aim of containing the risk of COVID-19 infection.

On Saturday, 14 March, the Senegalese Governement announced that the following additional measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 contagion would come into force as of today, 16 March 2020:

Budd Tunisia advises that following a decision taken yesterday by the Ministry of Justice, all Tunisian Courts have suspended all but emergency activity for an unlimited period of time from 16 March onwards.

Budd Tunisia reports that Rades Merchant Navy has issued a Circular on preventive measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19.

Budd Vietnam advises that the Law Courts have been closed until the end of March 2020 to reduce the risks of COVID-19 infection.