Coming up for air during a pandemic

"After this pandemic, I’m getting married."

A soldier observes temperature checks at the border between Abuja and Nasarawa states in Nigeria, as the authorities try to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on March 30, 2020. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

In Makurdi, the streets are not empty yet. The woman who sells okra and balls of akpu, wrapped in Santana nylon sheets, sleeps on her…