Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam says other top officials have the disease
The health ministry in Guinea Bissau says the Prime Minister, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Interior Minister Botche Cande and two other ministers also have Covid-19.
Mr Nabiam said that several members of an interministerial coronavirus committee had the disease.
Guinea Bissau has a poor healthcare system due to mismanagement and a lack of resources.
The country has so far confirmed 205 coronavirus cases and one death.
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