Sudan announces first coronavirus death
Sudan announced on Friday its first case of the
novel coronavirus following the death of a 50-year-old man the night before.
The Sudanese citizen had recently been in the UAE,
the health ministry said in a statement, without providing further details.
Dozens of COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the
UAE.
Sudan on Thursday announced a series of measures
against the novel coronavirus.
It closed its land border with Egypt and suspended
flights from China, Iran, Italy, Spain, Japan and Egypt, a government statement
said.
Sudan would stop granting visas to nationals of
those countries and Sudanese were advised not to travel to them.
Mass gatherings have been discouraged, and the
government has asked the health ministry and military medical services to
prepare quarantine centres.
