The World Health Organization - WHO has warned that the deadly coronavirus could open a new front in Africa if allowed to spread beyond control.

Africa has recorded at least 10,692, coronavirus cases and 529 deaths so far according to the Africa Center for Disease Control in over 50 countries.

Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's Africa director, said that “COVID-19 has the potential not only to cause thousands of deaths but to also unleash economic and social devastation.

"Its spread beyond major cities means the opening of a new front in our fight against this virus."

BBC