Closed shops are seen during a lockdown by the authorities to limit the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria, March 27, 2020. Picture taken March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
LAGOS (Reuters) - Fear of the coronavirus has induced an extraordinary calm in Lagos, Nigeria's famously boisterous mega-city where streets known for miles of gridlock have emptied of traffic and eateries serving takeaways are almost the only shops open.
The largest city in sub-Saharan Africa, with an estimated 20 million population, has been transformed by a week-long shutdown of public life imposed as part of efforts to stem the spread of the highly infectious disease in Nigeria.
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