Guinean health authorities confirmed this Friday in Conakary a first case of Covid-19.
According to Colonel Remy Lamah, Guinean Minister of Health, the patient is a 49-year-old Belgian woman who arrived in Conakry a week ago. “She’s being isolated at the Nongo Treatment Centre,” he said.
In a press conference held last week, Colonel Lamah announced a budget of 121 billion GNF (more than 11 million euros) to deal with a possible spread of the disease in the country.
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