Algeria Enters Stage 3 of Coronavirus Outbreak

Algeria Health Minister announced today, Sunday, that his country has entered the third stage of Coronavirus outbreak.

In a press statement, he added that the virus has spread to 17 provinces so far.

Algeria announced on Saturday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had risen to 139 from 95.

The country has stopped international and domestic travel, closed mosques, cafes, and restaurants and told half of the state employees to stay at home to curb the spread of the virus.

It is worth mentioning that, several Arab countries have tightened restrictions on movement and travel, with the aim of curbing the spread of the Coronavirus, and some have pledged billions of dollars in economic stimulus programs to reduce the economic repercussions of the crisis.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

According to the organization, the number of COVID-19 infections outside China has doubled in the past two weeks, and the number of countries hit by the epidemic has tripled.

“We are very concerned to achieve the alarming levels of the outbreak and its severity, as well as the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Geneva.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease Covid-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in SouthKorea, Italy, and Iran.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.