Adds element about circumstances in Ivory Coast and South Africa
Adds element about circumstances in Ivory Coast and South Africa
ABIDJAN, March 11 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 45-year-old Ivorian man who had lately travelled to Italy, the well being ministry mentioned on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast, Francophone West Africa’s largest financial system, is the eighth nation in sub-Saharan Africa to report a confirmed case after Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Togo, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of Congo.
South Africa introduced six new circumstances of the virus on Wednesday, bringing its whole to 13, probably the most in sub-Saharan Africa. North African international locations have additionally recorded practically 100 circumstances.
The affected person in Ivory Coast is in steady situation in hospital within the industrial capital Abidjan, the well being ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Sub-Saharan Africa didn’t affirm its first case of coronavirus till Feb. 28 in Nigeria, however specialists warn that rising case hundreds might check…