(ANSA) - BISSAU, APRIL 26 - Guinea-Bissau registered its first coronavirus victim today and immediately extended its state of emergency for two weeks in the country where there are 53 official reports. Tumani Balde, spokesman for the interministerial commission to combat Covid-19, told AFP. The president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro SissocoEmbalo, said: "let's not delude ourselves because we are far from being able to say that we are in total control of the situation". At the same time, it announced the extension of the state of emergency, imposed on March 28, for another two weeks. Ilgoverno ordered everyone to stay at home, except for shopping in the morning, but widespread poverty makes it difficult for the population to comply with the rules. The balance of the Guinea-Bissau coronavirus - an unstable country of 1.8 million people, poor even by African standards - is lower than that of neighboring Senegal, which has 671 cases and 8 deaths, and of Guinea, with 996 cases and 7 deaths.
Coronavirus: first died in Guinea Bissau
2020-04-26T17:23:23.244Z
Guinea-Bissau today registered its first coronavirus victim and immediately extended its state of emergency for another two weeks in the country where there are 53 official infections. (HANDLE)