Tanzania confirms first case of COVID-19

20:04, March 16, 2020

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  Djibouti confirms first case of COVID-19: Ministry

  File photoADDIS ABABA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Djibouti Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday disclosed it has confirmed its first case of COVID-19.The ministry said a Spanish national who arrived in the Horn of Africa nation on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19."The patient was a member of the Spanish Special Forces who arrived at Djibouti Ambuli Airport on March 14.""With the consent of the French military base in Djibouti, all soldiers on the aircraft were immediately isolated in the French military base," said the MoH statement.Djibouti, which lies on a key location connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, hosts a number of foreign military bases and is the main sea outlet for landlocked Ethiopia.

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  Bolivia confirms first two COVID-19 cases

  File photo: VCGLA PAZ, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia confirmed on Tuesday the countrys first two cases of COVID-19.The patients are two women in the departments of Oruro and Santa Cruz, who came to Bolivia from Italy, Bolivian Health Minister Anibal Cruz told a press conference."They are two women who are 60 and 64 years old, respectively, whose history shows they were present in Italy, a country that currently has coronavirus transmission," Cruz said.Both patients are under strict quarantine, Cruz added.

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  DRC confirms first case of COVID-19

  Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: China Plus)Johannesburg (People’s Daily) -- Minister of Health for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr Eteni Longondo, confirmed on Tuesday the first positive case of coronavirus in the capital Kinshasa.The patient is a Belgian citizen who had been in the Congo for several days.He and others with him have been placed in quarantine, Longondo said.Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in 11 countries on the African continent, with a total of more than 100 cases.