Africa News of Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Source: bbc.com

Sierra Leone president's bodyguard catches coronavirus

The president announced that one of his security staff tested positive The president announced that one of his security staff tested positive

A bodyguard of Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has tested positive for coronavirus.

The president on Monday night announced that he was in good health despite a staffer testing positive.

He also said that all his family members were in good health and none had shown coronavirus symptoms.

President Bio will self-quarantine for 14 days because of having contact with the bodyguard, according to BBC's Umaru Fofana.

Sierra Leone has to date confirmed 43 coronavirus cases.