A Descriptive Study of the Current Situation of COVID-19 in Algeria

Mohamed Lounis

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Mohamed Lounis ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Agro-veterinary Science, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Ziane Achour, BP 3117, Road of Moudjbara, Djelfa 17000, ALGERIA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first detected in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 is quickly spreading across the globe leading to a shocking number of 3,305,595 cases and 235,861 deaths on May 1st, 2020. Algeria is the fourth most affected country in Africa with a number of 4154 positive cases and 453 deaths. The objective of the current manuscript is to describe the actual situation of COVID-19 in Algeria.

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COVID-19
coronavirus
Algeria
pandemic

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ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 17, Issue 6, December 2020, Article No: em253

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Lounis, Mohamed "A Descriptive Study of the Current Situation of COVID-19 in Algeria". Electronic Journal of General Medicine, vol. 17, no. 6, 2020, em253. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/8287