Djibouti confirms first coronavirus case

A coronavirus patient arrives on a stretcher at the Columbus Covid Hospital, which has been assigned as one of the new coronavirus treatment hospitals in Rome, after being transferred by medical workers in protective white suits from the Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 16, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS

Djibouti on Wednesday recorded its first case of novel coronavirus Covid-19, the country’s Ministry of Health announced.

The ministry said the patient, a Spanish national who is part of a 32-member Spanish Special Forces unit, “arrived in the country on March 14 and tested positive on March 17.”