Angola, East Timor and Zimbabwe report first cases

Angola has recorded two cases of COVID-19, the Minister of Health Silvia Lutukuta announced at a press conference Saturday morning in Luanda.

The patients are two men in their 30s, who entered Angola from Portugal on March 17 to 18, according to the minister.

Zimbabwe reported its first confirmed case after a man from Victoria Falls, who had traveled to the United Kingdom, tested positive.

The patient is under observation in the town, the Minister of Health and Child Care Obadiah Moyo said in a statement.

East Timor also detected its first case in a patient who had just returned from abroad. 

The country's health authorities said the patient posed little risk to the public as he immediately consulted with doctors after showing symptoms of the sickness.