Guinea Bissau PM, three cabinet members test positive for COVID-19

Guinea Bissau Prime Minister, Nuno Nabian, and some senior government officials have tested positive for COVID-19.

The country’s Minister of Health, Antonio Deuna, said at a press briefing on Wednesday the prime minister and at least three other members of his government had been infected by the virus.

The other infected officials are the Interior Minister, Botche Cande and two secretaries of state, Mario Fambe and Monica Buaro.

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Guinea-Bissau has recorded 73 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death by Wednesday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

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