Africa’s essential truckers say they face constant coronavirus stigma

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Africa’s essential truckers say they face constant coronavirus stigma
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Many truckers must sleep in unsanitary motels and interact with many people, increasing risk of contagion

Update newsletter preferencesSeveral Kenyan truckers driving through northern Uganda to South Sudan on May 30 made a distress call after locals threatened them as they sought to park, Mr Kinene said.

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