Coronavirus: Congo To Quarantine Incoming Italians, Germans, French, Chinese
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, will quarantine citizens of four countries when they arrive in the country, the Health Ministry has disclosed.
The affected countries are Italy, France, Germany, and China, where the outbreak started.
In a letter to the embassies of the affected countries, Health Minister Eteni Longondo said travellers from Italy, France, Germany and China with no coronavirus symptoms will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days whiles those with symptoms will be transferred to a government-run isolation facility.
This is part of efforts by the government aimed at prevention and or detection of the virus which has arrived in all regions of Africa except for East Africa as of Friday, March 6.
The closest neighbour of DRC with a confirmed case is Cameroon, where two cases were reported on Friday. South Africa also confirmed its index case on Thursday.