Rwanda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, becoming the19th African nation to register a positive case of the COVID-19 virus, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said an Indian citizen who arrived in the East African nation from Mumbai on March 8 tested positive for the virus after he presented himself…
Ethiopia has confirmed its first case of coronavirus as disclosed by the country’s public health institute on Friday March 13. The index case of coronavirus in the country is said to be a 48-year-old Japanese man who arrived Ethiopia from Burkina Faso last week. Liya Kebede, Ethiopia’s health minister said at a press briefing; “We confirm…
Three more cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Tunisia, taking the total to five. Health officials say the latest confirmed infections on Monday are in the northern port city of Bizerte, the southern resort town of Mehdia, and in the capital Tunis – they did not specify which countries they had travelled from….
The Togolese Ministry of Health on Friday March 6, confirmed the country’s first coronavirus case. The patient who tested positive for the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the country, is a 42-year-old woman who recently travelled to Benin, France, Germany, and Turkey in late February and early March. In a statement released by…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the coronavirus will turn into a “national crisis” and its impact will be “huge”. His warning came after the first case of the coronavirus was detected in South Africa. The patient is a 38-year-old man who visited Italy with his wife. This brings to 27 the number…
The outbreak of coronavirus which was first noticed in Chinese City of Wuhan at the end of 2019, has now been confirmed in 75 other countries. While Iran has recorded the highest death toll outside China, Iran rose to 66, WHO has also announced that the number of new cases outside China rose nine times higher than…
Argentina said Tuesday it has confirmed its first case of new coronavirus in a 43-year-old man who had returned from Italy. Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia said the man has been in isolation since presenting himself to a health clinic.
Cipriano Cassamá, one of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned his office on Sunday-after just one full day in office. He said “I have no security, my life is in danger, the life of my family is in danger, the life of this people is in danger. I cannot…
There is a new case of Coronavirus in Africa following the Algerian Health Ministry announcement of a confirmed case of the deadly disease in the country. Algeria’s Minister of Health, Shamsuddin Shitor revealed that they were able to detect the flu-like virus due to the vigilance system adopted at all land, air and maritime entry points to the…
Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa have been identified as the three African countries facing the high risk of suffering from the deadly coronavirus. This is according to recent research in Lancetmedical journal titled ‘Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa.’ Explaining its findings, the report stated, “Egypt, Algeria and Republic of South Africa are the African…
