Burkina Faso confirms first cases of coronavirus

Burkina Faso has become the sixth country in sub-Saharan Africa to record cases of the deadly coronavirus.

Reuters reports that Burkina Faso’s 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.

Nine African countries have so far recorded at least 80 coronavirus cases.

Egypt (48), Algeria (17) and Nigeria (2) Tunisia (2), Togo (1), Cameroon (2), Morocco (2), South Africa (3), Senegal (4) and Burkina Faso (2) are the cases so far.

The continent has also recorded its first Coronavirus death n Egypt, where the first case on the continent was also confirmed.

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