The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Algeria has jumped to 17 after nine new cases were registered yesterday night, meanwhile Senegal recorded two more cases involving travellers from Europe.
Algeria’s health ministry said nine new cases were registered in a family living in the northern Blida district, some 30Kilomenters from the capital, Algiers.
The family had last month hosted relations from France who were tested positive for coronavirus after flying back to France.
Senegal’s Health Ministry said two new infections were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing to four the number of patients in the West African country.
One of the patients has been identified as a 33-year-old British woman who arrived in the capital city, Dakar, on 24 February on a flight from London. It is not clear whether she is a resident of Senegal. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases on the African continent to 26.
