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Covid free: African countries that successfully defeated covid-19



So far, African countries that have won the battle against the coronavirus outbreak are predominantly small ones with less to very less population.
Amid this global pandemic that started from Wuhan in China in December 2019, some countries prudently fought against this deadly virus, while some struggled. So far countries that have won the battle are predominantly small ones with less to very less population.

In today’s video we are unleashing 3 African countries that have successfully controlled covid-19 so far.
Number 1. Seychelles
Seychelles reported the first confirmed case of coronavirus on 14th march and by 6th April there were 11 confirmed cases. Seychelles went into lockdown on 8th April shutting non-essential services and banning all movement aside from grocery shopping. Life in Seychelles began returning to normal in early May when no new positive case of coronavirus was reported. The Seychelles government declared the country free of covid-19 on 18th May.
Number 2. Mauritius
The island nation confirmed 335 cases of coronavirus out of which 322 recovered, 10 died and 3 are active as of 20th May 2020. 11th May marked the fifteenth consecutive day that no new case was recorded in the country and Mauritius became the second African country to have declared virus-free status after infection. Mauritius’s lockdown was lifted on Saturday 30th May.
Number 3. Tanzania
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus free”. Tanzania received the first coronavirus case on 16th March. The last day official data was released was on 29th April and there were 509 cases, with 21 deaths. However, at the end of May, the president said only four patients were under treatment.

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