Tunisia has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, the health ministry said on Monday.
The Health Minister, Abdelatif el-Maki, said this at a news conference in Tunis.
The health ministry said the patient is a 40-year-old Tunisian man who had returned from Italy, according to the official TAP news agency.
Similarly, two new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in Algeria, the Algerian Health Ministry said on Monday.
The two include a 54-year-old woman and her 24-year-old daughter, who live in the northern province of Blida, some 50km to the southwest of the capital city Algiers, the ministry said.
The two patients have been placed under quarantine and are currently undergoing medical treatment, it added.
The two received at their home some relatives from February 14 to 21, including an 83-year-old Algerian man and his daughter who live in France.
They were both tested positive for the new coronavirus after return to France on February 21.
The Algerian health authorities immediately conducted an epidemiological investigation on the mother and daughter, who were diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection.
In late February, Algerian health authorities announced the first confirmed coronavirus case in the country, involving an Italian national who had been deported back to Italy after receiving medical care.
Algeria has taken precautionary measures at its airports, ports and land border crossings, including the installation of temperature cameras to prevent the spread of the virus.
dpa/NAN.
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