Burkina Faso confirms first two cases of COVID-19: official

Burkina Faso has confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19, Minister of Health Claudine Louge announced Monday evening during a press conference.

According to Louge, the two patients are a couple and the wife recently returned from France. The patients now are quarantined in a local hospital in Ouagadougou, capital of the country.

A third person who is a close contact is under observation, the minister added.