Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is to undergo 14-day self-isolation after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19, reports from the West African country indicated as of Monday evening.
“The EOC is testing all contacts of one of my security staff who had been in a 14-day quarantine and has tested positive for #COVIDăƒ¼19. My government will continue to be transparent and urges citizens to protect themselves by following all hygiene and other protocols,” the president posted on Twitter."
The EOC is testing all contacts of one of my security staff who had been in a 14-day quarantine and has tested positive for #COVIDăƒ¼19. My government will continue to be transparent and urges citizens to protect themselves by following all hygiene and other protocols.
— President Julius Maada Bio (@PresidentBio) April 20, 2020
President of Sierra Leone, Maada Bio becomes the second known African leader to self-isolate, the first being Botswana president Eric Masisi who self-isolated after attending an inauguration ceremony in Namibia.
At the time his country was uninfected whiles Namibia had recorded three cases.
A number of African presidents have also confirmed taking the tests with all of them having tested negative. South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Ghana’s Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari have all tested
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