DAKAR, March 4 (Reuters) - Senegalese authorities reported
two new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total to
four since the first case was confirmed there on Monday.
Senegal is the only sub-Saharan African country besides
Nigeria to have confirmed cases of the virus, which has infected
more than 94,000 people and killed over 3,200 around the world.
The health ministry said in a statement that one of the new
patients was the 68-year-old wife of the 80-year-old Frenchman
from a Paris suburb whose case was confirmed on Wednesday. The
couple arrived in Senegal on Feb. 29. The second patient was a 33-year-old British woman from
London who arrived in Senegal on Feb. 24, the ministry said.
Both new patients are in stable condition at a hospital in
Dakar and the two earlier patients' conditions are "evolving
favourably", it said.
Experts say it is not yet clear why sub-Saharan African
countries have registered so few cases of the virus, which could
challenge fragile health systems on the continent.