Samples have been sent to the National Institute for Biomedical Research (IRNB) in Kinshasa for confirmation, Health Minister Eteni Longondo said. Haut-Katanga, rich in copper and cobalt, is one of 26 provinces in the DRC, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. - Rising cases -Africa has been slow to follow the terrifying rise in virus cases seen in the Middle East and Europe. - Peril for Africa -Health experts have sounded loud and repeated warnings about Africa's vulnerability to coronavirus. "The system itself is overstretched and inadequate to deal with a coronavirus epidemic," Zimbabwean doctor Norman Matara told AFP last week.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 23, 2020 14:48 UTC