By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has found its way to Africa and to date, 34 of the 54 countries in the African continent have reported cases–Algeria, Egypt,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa reported today on the first coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 case in the country in a...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UN officials reported a coronavirus disease 2019 case (COVID-19) case in Senegal, the latest country to  report a case on the African continent. The case-patient...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 To add to a report earlier on the first COVID-19 case in Egypt, and in Africa, the Africa CDC released a statement saying the patient is male, 33 years old, of foreign origin and...