Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, as the first death case of the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa killed Burkina Faso top politician.
Photo: People wearing face masks are seen leaving the funeral of the first victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in sub-saharian Africa, in Ouagadougou, on March 18, 2020. – Burkina Faso on March 18, 2020, recorded one death from the new COVID-19 coronavirus, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, which is still little affected by the pandemic, even though the number of cases is increasing rapidly. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)