The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Nabiam and three ministers, have tested positive for coronavirus.
Health Minister, Antonio Deuna, who made this disclosure, they were being quarantined presently at a hotel in the country’s capital, Bissau.
It was learnt that some members of the cabinet: Interior Minister Botche Cande and two secretaries of state, Mario Fambe and Monica Buaro were also infected.
So far, Guinea-Bissau has recorded 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with one death, and 18 recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo had also extended the nationwide state of emergency due to COVID-19 to May 11.
Nabiam was selected by President Embalo to be prime minister in late February, 2019.
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