Rabat – Ivorian football star Didier Drogba has offered Cote d’Ivoire the use of his foundation’s hospital in Abidjan as a screening center for the coronavirus. Drogba, a Roman Catholic, offered the hospital to the mayor of Abidjan, Vincent Toh Bi Irie, on Easter Sunday, April 12. So far, the death toll from COVID-19 is only five. It is not clear if Laurent Pokou Hospital will also treat coronavirus patients or only act as a testing facility. In Morocco, the death toll is 120 with a total case number of 1,746.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 13, 2020 12:00 UTC