Nigeria confirms first COVID-19 case in sub-Saharan Africa

13:54, February 28, 2020

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  Senegal confirms first case of COVID-19, the second for sub-Saharan Africa

  (Photo: CGTN)JOHANNESBURG (People’s Daily) - Senegal government officials confirmed the first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case in the country, the second in sub-Saharan Africa.The case involves a French citizen who arrived in Dakar , the nation’s capital on February 26, Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr told reporters Monday during a livestream press conference on Facebook.The patient sought help on February 28 after suffering from symptoms including fever, headaches, and a sore throat, Sarr said.The infected patient has remained under quarantine at the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Center at Fann Hospital in Dakar.

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  First positive case of COVID-19 in South Africa confirmed

  Johannesburg (People’s Daily) - South Africa Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africas first suspected case of COVID-19 has tested positive.File photo: CGTNMkhize said Thursday that the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed a positive test."The patient is a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy with his wife. They were part of a group of 10 people and they arrived back in South Africa on March 1," Mkhize said in the statement."The patient consulted a private general practitioner on March 3 with symptoms of fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough."

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  Decisive point in battle against epidemic calls for greater unity of purpose: China Daily editorial

  Since the novel coronavirus has spread to 44 countries on all continents except Antarctic, the World Health Organization warned for the first time on Friday that the virus could soon reach most, "if not all" countries around the world.That alarming message came shortly after Nigeria confirmed sub-Sa