AFRICA’S GOVERNANCE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 | PRELIMINARY REPORT 2020 Box 4: Mobile screening laboratories in Togo Togo Togo has been proactive in combatting the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country by instituting, for example, the following measures: • A two-week suspension, with effect from Friday 20 March 2020, of all flights from highrisk countries-- Italy, France, Spain and Germany; • The issuance by the president of the Republic of a decree establishing an inter-ministerial body to manage the health crisis caused by COVID-19, known as the National Coordination for Response Management in Togo (CNGR Covid-19). This body is responsible for ensuring inter-ministerial coordination of the implementation of government decisions, their preparation and execution, the centralization and analysis of all information on the pandemic, the design of early warning and response strategies, and the planning, programming and monitoring and evaluation of response interventions; • The establishment of a local response management committee which reports to the national coordination body; • The dedication of a hospital (CHR Lomé Municipality) to patient care, as well as a hotel in the capital for quarantine; • The creation of a five-thousand-man strong special anti-pandemic force; • The establishment of mobile laboratories for screening within the country; • The launch of a cash transfer programme for the most vulnerable, called NOVISSI; and • The introduction of specific support measures to sustain agricultural production and ensure food self-sufficiency, and the establishment of a National Solidarity and Economic Recovery Fund of 400 billion CFA francs. 40