Ghana has confirmed its first two confirmed cases of coronavirus as Gabon confirmed its first case.
Ghana’s Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu said two people who’d arrived from Norway and Turkey tested positive for the virus.
In Gabon, Government Spokesman Edgard Anicet Mboumbou Miyakou said the patient was a Gabonese man who’d arrived from France.
Ghanaian authorities have said their two patients are being kept in isolation and are in a stable condition.
They have also started the process of tracing everyone who was in contact with the two patients.
Gabon’s spokesman said the patient who had tested positive was feeling better – having displayed symptoms of cough, sore throat and breathing problems earlier.
He said the patient was in an isolation facility and the government was tracing those who had come into close contact with him.
On Wednesday, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the release of $100m (£80m) to enhance coronavirus preparedness and response nationwide.
US admits failing in virus testing
The testing system for coronavirus in the US is currently failing, a top health official has admitted.
“The system is not really geared to what we need right now… let’s admit it,” said Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Authorities in the US have come under fire for carrying out far fewer tests than many other affected countries.
There are currently more than 1,300 confirmed cases of the virus in the US.
President Donald Trump says the US has “a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested”. However, he has not given further details, and there has not been routine testing for the virus in the US.
