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COVID-19: Algeria Registers 103 New Cases


Mon 06 Apr 2020 | 06:30 PM
NaDa Mustafa

Algerian Health Ministry has announced on Monday the registration of 103 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases during the last 24 hours, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 1423.

In a statement, the ministry added that the death toll from COVID-19 in the country has upped by 22 to reach 174.

Worldwide, there are now more than a million confirmed cases and 58,955 Covid-19-related deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

It is worth mentioning that, 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.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

Several world 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.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

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

It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.