Algeria-SANA
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune began a voluntary health quarantine for five days, starting today, after symptoms of infection with the Coronavirus appeared on a number of officials in the Presidency of the Republic and the Presidency of the Algerian government.
The Algerian Presidency stated in a statement on its Facebook page that “After it became clear that many of the high-ranking frameworks of the Presidency and the Presidency of the Government had symptoms of infection with the Coronavirus, the medical staff of the Presidency advised the President of the Republic to initiate a voluntary quarantine for a period of five days, starting from the 24th of October. “.
In addition, the spokesperson for the Corona Virus Monitoring and Follow-up Committee in Algeria, Jamal Furar, announced that 9 deaths and 273 new infections had been recorded during the last 24 hours, while 170 patients were cured.
The Algerian News Agency quoted Forar as saying, the total number of confirmed cases in Algeria reached 55,630 cases, while the total number of deaths reached 1897 cases.