The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

“I have tested positive for the new coronavirus, I am at home and I feel good,” Nabiam said on his Facebook page.

“The virus exists and spreads easily. Stay at home and take all measures to save your life and that of your family,” he said.

Health Minister Antonio Deuna told AFP that other members of the government also declared positive are Interior Minister Botche Candé, Secretary of State for Public Order Mario Fambe, and Secretary of State for Regional Integration Monica Boiro.

After the death, announced on Sunday, of the chief police commissioner, Biom Nantchongo – the only one officially linked to the new coronavirus in the country – “some agents of the Interior Ministry and other members of the government who had had contact with him were tested,” Deuna said.

Guinea-Bissau has officially registered 73 cases of coronavirus. A state of emergency was declared on 28 March.