Earlier this week the UN health body  identified Algeria, along with South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt as the African countries where coronavirus was most likely to access the continent.

Algeria’s Health Minister Shamsuddin Shitor says the COVID19 carrier is an Italian man who entered the North African country nine days ago.

He has been quarantined.

Shitor says the coronavirus carrier was identified thanks to Algerian authorities vigilance at all land, sea and air entries into the country.

Another foreign national thought to be Africa’s first coronavirus case was identified in Egypt seven days ago. 

He has since been cleared, say Cairo authorities.

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