coronavirus cases especially those with weak a health systems 7 countries in africa have recorded cases algeria zenner go egypt nigeria morocco tunisia and south africa the last one being the latest to confirm the disease as a rival south african president cyril ramaphosa says it represents a national crisis health officials say a man who arrived from italy has tested positive for covert 19 post says it's spread will have a huge impact on travel and the economy south africa fell into recession this weekend is already struggling with high unemployment and rolling power outages. the w.h.o. has repeated its warning that some countries are not doing enough to fight the virus uganda in east central africa has stepped up precautionary measures in the hope of protecting its people and sluggish economy it attracts considerable foreign capital from china. the riving is and to have a international effort in uganda is not the end of your journey next you have to traverse the medical screening process that's been put in place to keep coronavirus out of the country. hundreds of people have already been put into is