General News of Saturday, 1 February 2020Source: www.punchng.comCoronavirus: WHO lists Ghana among top-risk African nationsFile photoThe World Health Organisation has identified Nigeria and 12 others as high-risk African countries for the deadly coronavirus disease. The other countries are Algeria, Angola, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. A statement by the body said the identified African nations have direct links or a high volume of travel to China. “To ensure rapid detection of the novel coronavirus, it is important to have laboratories which can test samples and WHO is supporting countries to improve their testing capacity. ), has approved N71m to ensure that Coronavirus does not spread to the country.

Source: GhanaWeb January 31, 2020 23:37 UTC