Burundi
PingER monitors two hosts in Burundi. They are a government host www.assemblee.bi and the University of Burundi (www.ub.edu.bi). Neither appears to have marked changes around March-April. Also there is little information on interventions etc. in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Burundi
Ethiopia
There appears to be a sustained increase in IPDV in Ethiopia around Mar 16 when schools were closed and public gatherings were suspended. Looking in more detail at the 3 hosts monitored in Ethiopia there are 2 government hosts and a university. Below we see that all hosts had a sudden rice in IPDV between Mar 12 and Mar 15. See below and the Excel spreadsheet.
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ethiopia#March_2020 the first Covid-9 case in Ethiopia was on Mar 13. "On 16 March 2020, the office of the Prime Minister announced that schools, sporting events, and public gatherings shall be suspended for 15 days."
Kenya
There are 3 host being monitored by PingER in Kenya. Two are government hosts and one (www.daystar.ac.ke) is Daystar University in Kampala. Looking at the chart of IPDV below it appears that IPDV dropped by several 10s of a percent sometime between Mar 21 and Mar 28. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Kenya we see: On 15 March 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta directed that the following measures to curb COVID-19 be implemented:
- "All schools and higher learning institutions be closed by Friday March 20, 2020.
- "Government and businesses people start working from home; except essential services.
- "No congressional meetings – weddings, malls, night clubs, churches, limitation of visits to hospitals.
- The Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe banned all social gatherings including religious gatherings on the same date.
- All bars were to remain closed from 22 March, with restaurants allowed to remain open for takeaway services only.
Tanzania
PingER Monitors 4 hosts in Tanzania. Three are universities: the Open University of Tanzania, the Sokoine University of Agriculture (www.suanet.ac.tz), the State University of Zanzibar (www.suza.ac.tz). The other is related to education: the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (www.costech.or.tz). Of these only www.suza.ac.tz appears to notice any substantial change in responsiveness. In particular, there are big dips at weekends. Also the peaks before Mar 21 are larger than those after.
Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tanzania we find:
- On 17 March, the Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa announced a range of measures, including closing schools. This corresponds nicely with the drop to near zero starting on Mar 18.
Uganda
PingER monitors two hosts in Uganda. One is the Victoria University in Kampala (www.vu.ac.ug), the other is a commercial host mail2.starcom.co.ug also in Kampala.
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These interventions appear to correlate with the rise in IPDV at the Victoria University.
Zimbabwe
PingER monitors two hosts in Zimbabwe. Hellenic school (https://www.hellenic.ac.zw/) and a commercial site www.paynet.co.zw
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Zimbabwe we note the following interventions:
- On March 23, President Mnangagwa announced Closure of bars, nightclubs, movie houses, swimming pools, and sporting activities.
- On March 27 the government announced that the country would go into a nationwide lock down for 21 days from the 30 March onwards.
The chart below shows that towards the end of March the IPDV of both hosts drops and smoothes out. This appears to correlate with the interventions
