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ZIMBABWE’S Health Minister says the country will deport foreigners who enter the country without medical clearance from countries affected by COVID-19.
Minister Obadiah Moyo said all visitors without medical clearance from government hospitals in their respective countries would be deported.
SA records first corona case
The first case of COVID-19 has been reported in South Africa, making it the seventh African country to record a confirmed case as of March 5. The 38-year-old male travelled to Italy and arrived back in SA on March 1.
On Monday evening Morocco’s health ministry also confirmed that the country had recorded its first coronavirus case. According to the Reuters news agency, the patient is a Moroccan man who was living in Italy. Morocco became the sixth African country to record a coronavirus case, following confirmations in Senegal and Tunisia on Monday. Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt are the other countries that have been affected.
Kenya suspends all flights from China
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta issued a directive on the coronavirus, that included setting up a 21-member task force and the completion of an isolation centre at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi within seven days.
“Kenya is a major international transport hub, with 70 percent of international passengers in transit, and there is a significant threat arising from the spread of the coronavirus to Kenya from countries that have new and ongoing outbreaks of the pneumatic disease,” the Head of State said in his Executive Order Number 2 of 2020. — AP
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