Friday, March 13, 2020

Ghana and Gabon confirm their first coronavirus cases


   

  Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases.

   The region has so far been less badly hit by coronavirus than Europe or China. Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Togo, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of Congo have also registered cases. In a statement, Gabon's government said its case was a 27-year-old Gabonese man who had returned from France on March 8.

   Ghana's health ministry said its two cases were people who had returned recently from Norway and Turkey. "These are imported cases of COVID-19. Both patients are currently being kept in isolation and are stable," the ministry said in a statement.

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