Coronavirus: Tunisia's health minister says first carrier is Tunisian

Tunisian health minister, Abdelatif el-Maki, has confirmed that the first carrier of the deadly coronavirus in the state is a Tunisian man.

This is coming after Abdelatif announced today at a news conference that the country has confirmed its first case of the deadly virus formally known as COVID-19.

Earlier, Senegal also confirmed its first case of the deadly circus after a Senegal-based French national tested positive for the virus.

As of Monday, there have been over 89,000 cases of the virus globally, the majority in China, according to a Reuters tally. Outside of China, it has spread to 66 countries, with more than 8,800 cases and 130 deaths. Globally, the illness has killed over 3,000 people.

Reuters