Corona Watch
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso on Monday reported its first two cases of coronavirus, the health minister said, becoming the sixth country in Sub-Saharan Africa affected by the virus.
Health minister Claudine Lougue told reporters that the two patients, a husband and wife, had recently returned to Burkina Faso from a trip to France and were now in isolation. – Nampa/Reuters
Morocco
Moroccan prime minister Saad Eddine El Othmani announced early yesterday that his country is suspending all travel to and from Italy amid fears about the coronavirus.
Italy will be placed under lockdown until next month, prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday. – Nampa/Reuters
Tunisia
Tunisia will suspend all flights and shipping to Italy except to Rome and bring forward a scheduled school holiday to Thursday from next Monday, the health minister said on Monday.
Tunisia announced earlier on Monday that it had confirmed three more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number in the country to five, of whom four had recently arrived from Italy. – Nampa/Reuters
Nigeria
British officials said Monday they had opened a probe into an illegal website claiming to sell a cure for the novel coronavirus.
AFP reporters in Lagos discovered the UK-registered site while examining a WhatsApp message spreading around Nigeria with the claim that an anti-malaria drug could heal COVID-19 - the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirmed the website was not an officially licensed supplier for the drug.
In the two-minute WhatsApp voice message, an unidentified sender alleges that Chinese and French doctors recommend taking 500 mg of chloroquine phosphate for eight days to "overpower the coronavirus".
The man, speaking English in a Nigerian accent, urges people to "rush to any pharmacy" and buy the drug.
Shortly after the agency's statement, the website was no longer available. – Nampa/Reuters
Burkina Faso on Monday reported its first two cases of coronavirus, the health minister said, becoming the sixth country in Sub-Saharan Africa affected by the virus.
Health minister Claudine Lougue told reporters that the two patients, a husband and wife, had recently returned to Burkina Faso from a trip to France and were now in isolation. – Nampa/Reuters
Morocco
Moroccan prime minister Saad Eddine El Othmani announced early yesterday that his country is suspending all travel to and from Italy amid fears about the coronavirus.
Italy will be placed under lockdown until next month, prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday. – Nampa/Reuters
Tunisia
Tunisia will suspend all flights and shipping to Italy except to Rome and bring forward a scheduled school holiday to Thursday from next Monday, the health minister said on Monday.
Tunisia announced earlier on Monday that it had confirmed three more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number in the country to five, of whom four had recently arrived from Italy. – Nampa/Reuters
Nigeria
British officials said Monday they had opened a probe into an illegal website claiming to sell a cure for the novel coronavirus.
AFP reporters in Lagos discovered the UK-registered site while examining a WhatsApp message spreading around Nigeria with the claim that an anti-malaria drug could heal COVID-19 - the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirmed the website was not an officially licensed supplier for the drug.
In the two-minute WhatsApp voice message, an unidentified sender alleges that Chinese and French doctors recommend taking 500 mg of chloroquine phosphate for eight days to "overpower the coronavirus".
The man, speaking English in a Nigerian accent, urges people to "rush to any pharmacy" and buy the drug.
Shortly after the agency's statement, the website was no longer available. – Nampa/Reuters
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