Uganda, Eritrea and Angola have announced their first cases of coronavirus, meaning 42 of Africa’s 54 countries are now affected by the outbreak.
“My conscience tells me ... I did not give a bad example to Angolans,” Lourenco told state television, saying his earlier decree left room for extraordinary circumstances, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.
Several government ministers there have tested positive. Last week, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore announced the country’s two international airports would close for two weeks with exceptions for military and cargo. According to a government response plan seen by The Associated Press, emergency teams aren’t trained for a respiratory disease outbreak and don’t have appropriate protective gear.
Jerry-Jonas Mbasha, cluster coordinator for the World Health Organization in Burkina Faso, said he was “much worried about what might happen in the next one week, two weeks from now.”
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