Dancers work out with face masks as they observe social distancing during a ballet class in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua)
NAIROBI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent had surpassed 736,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the virus continues to spread, wearing face masks has become part of daily life for most Africans.
Primary school students comply with safety and hygiene measures by wearing masks and keeping social distancing in Windhoek, Namibia on July 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Ndalimpinga Iita)
Passengers wearing face masks are seated in a taxi at Usafi taxi park in Kampala, capital of Uganda, on June 4, 2020. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
A student wearing a face mask attends a class at a school in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, June 1, 2020.(Xinhua/Martin Mbangweta)
A lady wearing a fashionable face mask goes about her shopping in Gaborone, capital of Botswana, May 9, 2020. Botswanan Local entrepreneurs have joined other businesses in the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus by designing washable face masks for sale, following the new health regulations of mandatory wearing face masks in public places. (Xinhua/Tshekiso Tebalo)
Students wearing face masks take a class at a school in Cotonou, Benin, May 11, 2020. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)
People are seen wearing homemade face masks in Machinjiri, Blantyre, Malawi, May 2, 2020. In line with government's effort, a duo of young ladies in Malawi have engaged into a voluntary initiative which they are calling it "cover your face initiative", a programme which is aimed at distributing face masks made from cloth across the country. (Xinhua/Joseph Mizere)
A woman wearing a homemade face mask walks on a street in Dakar, Senegal, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Eddy Peters/Xinhua)
