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Southern Africa's tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday reported news of its first case of COVID-19, making it the last African country to report the disease. Southern Africa's tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday confirmed its first case of COVID-19, making it the last African country to report the disease. The ministry on Wednesday said it conducted 81 coronavirus tests on travellers from neighbouring South Africa and Saudi Arabia, of which one was positive, while the results of 301 other tests are awaited. The patient is a Lesotho national studying in Saudi Arabia.With the announcement, all 54 countries in Africa have now reported and confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus   Lesotho's health ministry said one person who recently arrived in the country had tested positive but was not showing signs of being ill. The patient was in isolation The country which boasts a population of about 2 million people is surrounded by South Africa, which has the highe...

The World Health Organization has dismissed the Madagascar president's claims that a herbal tonic produced within the country can cure patients of COVID-19.  Other African countries such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which contains the artemisia plant, which is normally used to treat malaria.