Liberia has recorded its second COVID-19 Case as day after EPA Executive Director, Nathaniel Blama was diagnosed .
According to a release by the Ministry of Information issued early Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Second Liberian has been tested positive for the Coronavirus disease.
The new case, Johnny Phillips, is a domestic worker in the home of Nathaniel Blama, the suspended head of the Environmental Protection Agency who earlier tested positive for the disease.
The release stated that Health workers have determined that Phillips was a primary contact of Mr. Blama when he returned to his residence.
The government of Liberia says they are continuing to trace and test several primary and secondary persons who he might have come in contact with. This exercise is continuing rigorously.
The government further urges all to continue to observe the health protocols that have been put in place by the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute.
Meanwhile the Incident Management Team meets today (March 17), following which there will be additional measures put in place to curtail transmission of the diseas and provide regular updates to the public. The release concluded .
New Measures
All public facilities are urged to put in place hand washing materials and adhere to all necessary preventive measures.
Non-essential government staff asked to stay off job, travels in and out of countries with more than 200 cases banned.
Other measures include no handshaking, greet by way of heads and do regular handwahing of hands.
Avoid large gathering and travels for government officials place on hold.
Liberia was hit by the deadly Ebola virus disease between 2014 and 2016 with more than 4,000 deaths.
There are now more than 400 known cases of coronavirus across the continent, with nations imposing a range of measures to try to prevent the spread.
According to the latest data, the breakdown is as follows:
- Algeria – 60
- Benin – 1
- Burkina Faso – 15
- Cameroon – 5
- Central African Republic – 1
- Congo-Brazzaville – 1
- DR Congo – 2
- Egypt – 126
- Eswatini – 1
- Ethiopia – 5
- Equatorial Guinea – 1
- Gabon – 1
- Ghana – 6
- Guinea – 1
- Ivory Coast – 3
- Kenya – 3
- Liberia – 2
- Mauritania – 1
- Morocco – 37
- Namibia – 2
- Nigeria – 3
- Rwanda – 7
- Senegal – 26
- Seychelles – 4
- Somalia – 1
- South Africa – 62
- Sudan – 1
- Tanzania – 1
- Togo – 1
- Tunisia – 24
There is increasing concern about the potential economic impact in Africa.
People working in other parts of the world are likely to have less money available to send to their families back home so there is likely to be a drop in these remittances.
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