Officials in Togo have extended the country's COVID-19-related state of health emergency for six months from March 16. The extended measure will be in place through at least mid-September 2021. Following the extension, nationwide domestic measures, including the mandatory use of facemasks in public areas for persons five years and older, have been maintained. Authorities have also banned religious pilgrimages until further notice.

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So far, Togo is relatively spared by the Covid-19 pandemic, with little impact on the country’s agricultural output and food security. This was disclosed in a country note recently released by the general directorate of the French treasury. 

The document highlights the steps taken by the Togolese government to rapidly contain the outbreak; the country's important grain reserves, as well as its status as a fruit exporter. All these, according to the French treasury, protect Togo from experiencing food insecurity induced by the pandemic.