Authorities in Mauritania say the country may have defeated the coronavirus with no active case as at Tuesday.
Of the seven confirmed cases, six tested negative while one succumbed to the disease.
Mauritania is one of the few African countries that have so far recorded single digit infection along with the likes of Burundi, Sao Tome and Principe, South Sudan with five, four and four cases respectively as of April 21.
The continent’s sixth largest soverign nation said it continued to carry out tests since March 13 when the index case was recorded.
The country is currently enforcing a nigh-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
