Coronavirus: Husband And Wife Confirmed In Burkina Faso

A man and his wife have been confirmed as first patients of coronavirus in Burkina Faso.

According to Burkina Faso’s Health Minister, Prof. Claudine Lougué, the couple recently returned from France.

Addressing local media on Monday, March 9, 2020, the Minister said the two patients have been quarantined at an isolation facility at the Tengandogo University Centre hospital in the capital Ouagadougou.

The Minister said another person who was in close contact with the couple is being closely monitored and under confinement at home. Prof. Claudine Lougué addresses the press

She said a health team is in place and following up on other persons who may have come into contact with the patients.

“We invite anyone who has stayed in affected areas or who has been in close contact with a proven case to observe individual and collective prevention measures,” Professor Claudine Lougué said.

The case in Burkina Faso increases to 10, the number of countries on the continent that have recorded cases.

The other affected countries are; Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Senegal, Morocco, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tunisia and Togo.

African statistics

In Africa, a total of 97 cases have been recorded as at midnight on Monday March 10, 2020.

Majority of the cases are in Egypt where 55 persons have been found to be with the virus and one person dying as a result.

In Algeria, 17 persons have caught the virus while in South Africa, South Africa, 7 have been recorded.

Senegal has four cases.

Official figures indicate that there are two persons each in Morocco, Cameroon, Nigeria and Tunisia who have the virus.

In neighbouring Togo, one case has been reported.

Global statistics

Global statistics for affected persons have surpassed 110,000 with over 4,000 deaths, the majority of which occurred in China, where the outbreak first broke out.

-citinewsroom