The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are now over
300 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Africa.
WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, stated
that 27 countries have been affected.
The UN health agency relayed the information via its
official Twitter account @WHOAFRO.
It noted that Government of Benin on Monday confirmed the
country’s first case of coronavirus.
The world body further gave the breakdown of confirmed
cases.
Algeria 48, South Africa 51, Senegal 24, Cameroon 3, Nigeria
2, Burkina Faso 7, Togo 1, DRC 3, Cote d’Ivoire 5, Ghana 2, Gabon 1,
Kenya 3, Ethiopia 4, Guinea 1, Rwanda 5, Namibia 2, E Guinea
1, Seychelles 2, CAR 1, Congo 1, Mauritania 1, Eswatini 1, Liberia 1, Egypt
110, Morocco 28, Tunisia 18, Sudan 1.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, has
urged African nations to act now that the disease has been officially declared
a global pandemic.
Moeti charged every country to scale up their emergency
preparedness and response.
“Cases may still be low in Africa and we can keep it that
way with robust all-of-government actions to fight the new coronavirus”, the
director said.
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