Eritrea confirms first COVID-19 case

Eritrea on Saturday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in a 39-year-old Eritrean who was linked to travel to Norway.

"The Eritrean Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening the first confirmed case of a coronavirus patient who arrived at Asmara International Airport from Norway with Fly Dubai on Saturday morning," the Eritrean Minister of Information Yemane Gebremeskel said in a statement.

The patient, who was quarantined immediately after the screening process at the airport, has tested positive for COVID-19 in subsequent tests at the national laboratory, the minister said.

The patient, an Eritrean national with permanent residence in Norway, is currently receiving "all necessary" medical treatment, Gebremeskel added.