ALGIERS, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Algerian health minister confirmed the country’s first case of the coronavirus Covid-19.
Algeria becomes the second country in Africa to make such an announcement after Egypt confirmed a case this month.
Algeria’s health minister, Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid, said on state-owned ENTV that the patient was an Italian man.
The patient arrived in Algeria on Feb 17 and has now been placed in isolation.
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the first person diagnosed with coronavirus in Africa had recovered from the virus.
But the man would undergo further tests so he fully recovers, according to WHO officials.
Covid-19 has spread beyond the shores of China, where it started, with thousands of cases reported as well as hundreds of deaths.
Experts have always been worried about how the continent of Africa would react and whether it was ready to fight the spread. — NNN-AGENCIES
