A 57-year-old man,
who developed complications after testing positive for COVID-19, has died in
Toamasina, a city in Madagascar.
Hanta Vololontiana,
spokesperson for the coronavirus operational command centre, confirmed the
development on Sunday, stating that the man died on Saturday.
Two other people who
are also down with severe complications are “still in intensive care”.
Twenty-one new cases
were confirmed in the East African country on Sunday, bringing the total to 304
COVID-19 cases, since confirming its first case on March 19, the Malagasy press
agency reported.
A breakdown of the
21 new cases showed that out of the 103 tests carried out on Saturday between
8pm and 6am, 15 people tested positive out of the 61 samples collected in Tana,
while six persons tested positive out of the 42 samples collected in Taomasina.
Vololontiana has
asked for “strict observation of containment measures, especially for the three
regions Analamanga, Atsinanana and Haute Matsiatra”.
The state of
emergency declared on the health sector has been extended until May 31, and
President Andry Rajoelina is expected to address the nation at 8pm later today.
Madagascar has been
in the news in the past few weeks over its herbal remedy, which it claims can
be used in the treatment of COVID-19.
Speaking on the
effectiveness of the tonic in a recent interview with France 24, Rajoelina
said: “COVID-Organics is a preventive and curative remedy against COVID-19. It
works really well and it is as a result of the research carried out by the
Malagasy Institute of Applied Research which has the status of an original
research centre.”
Nigeria, among other
African countries, has received a consignment of COVID-Organics, the herbal
remedy from Madagascar, which President Muhammadu Buhari said would undergo a
verification process before it will be put to use.
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