Congo health authorities stumble with first coronavirus case confusion
Concerns about Africa’s ability to cope with an outbreak which has spread across on the continent are magnified in a country like, where a creaking health system, a deficit of trust in public institutions, decades of poor governance, corruption and conflict can offer fertile ground for rumour and speculation.
A health ministry spokesperson initially told reporters on Tuesday that the patient was Belgian, had been detected at the airport and was in quarantine in Kinshasa’s Kinkole suburb. Concern over the virus caused doctors and patients at the hospital where the patient was quarantined to leave the facility.
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