The World Health organisation (WHO) has disclosed that more Africans are now being hit by the deadly Corona Virus, saying the reported cases is now put at 300.
WHO Regional Office for Africa located in Bronzeville, Congo, revealed that 27 countries are now affected in Africa.
The information was further relayed by the United Nation (UN) health agency via its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO.
It further relayed that the Government of Benin Republic had on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus in their country.
The information gave a breakdown of the cases in Africa as;
Algeria 48, South Africa 51, Senegal 24, Cameroon 3, Nigeria 2, Burkina Faso 7, Togo 1, DRC 3, Cote d’Ivoire 5, Ghana 2, Gabon 1,
Kenya 3, Ethiopia 4, Guinea 1, Rwanda 5, Namibia 2, E Guinea 1, Seychelles 2, CAR 1, Congo 1, Mauritania 1, Eswatini 1, Liberia 1, Egypt 110, Morocco 28, Tunisia 18, Sudan 1.
Meanwhile, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, has called on African nations to act now that the disease has been officially declared a global pandemic.
Moeti enjoined all African countries to step up their emergency preparedness and response as the deadly virus as threatening humanity.
In his statement; “Cases may still be low in Africa and we can keep it that way with robust all-of-government actions to fight the new coronavirus”,
