Algeria Confirms First Case Of COVID-19

Algeria has confirmed the first case of Covid-19 (coronavirus),

According to the county’s health minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid, who announced the Confirmation of COVID-19 stated that the patient is an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17 tested positive for coronavirus disease”.

This is the first Covid-19 case reported in the country, and the second on the continent. Naija news learnt that the World Health Organisation has sent a team of experts to Algeria to support health authorities. it was also gathered outside the African continent,  Switzerland reported its first case of COVID -19 yesterday.

Naija News Understands that the virus is now present in some three dozen countries, with China, Japan, South Korea, Iran and Italy among the hardest hit. There are more than 80,000 cases and 2,666 fatalities as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization.