FILE- In this file photo taken Thursday, April 30, 2020, Women carrying their children lineup to receive vegetables from the Jan Hofmeyer community services in the Vrededorp neighborhood of Johannesburg. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

In this Friday May 1, 2020 photo, 34-year-old entrepreneur Fino Dlamini poses for a photograph inside her office in the Soweto township outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Business was good in January and February, and projections for the rest of 2020 were excellent. Then the coronavirus brought everything to an abrupt halt. Dlamini was confined to her small home under a strict lockdown, with few options for earning money. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

FILE- In this file photo taken Monday May 18, 2020, people exercise along the promenade at sunrise in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, as the country marked day 53 of a strict government lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, file)

FILE- In this file photo taken Wednesday May 13, 2020, residents of the Snake Park neighborhood of Soweto outside Johannesburg, South Africa, walk through debris following a protest. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

So far, South Africa and much of the continent has not seen the explosion of virus infections that emerged in Europe. One possible contributing factor is the youthful population, with just 3% of people above the age of 65 for most of Africa.

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday May 20, 2020, South African National Defense Forces check the temperature of people near the Pan Africa taxi rank in Johannesburg's Alexandra township. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

FILE- In this file photo taken Friday, April 24, 2020, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the COVID-19 treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

FILE- In this drone file photo taken Saturday May 2, 2020, thousands line up to receive food handouts in the Olievenhoutbos township of Midrand, South Africa. South Africa is struggling to balance its fight against the coronavirus with its dire need to resume economic activity. The country with the Africa’s most developed economy also has its highest number of infections — more than 19,000. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)