A police truck sets up a road block, as the authorities try to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
LAGOS (Reuters) - Lagos, Africa's largest city of at least 20 million people, ground to a halt on Tuesday as it and the Nigerian capital Abuja entered a two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Lagos' usual unending cacophony and interminable "go slows" or traffic jams were gone. Streets were virtually empty but for ambulances and police vehicles. Security forces manned frequent checkpoints where cars crawled through one by one.
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