Tanzania and Somalia on Monday became the latest East Africa countries to confirm their first cases of coronavirus, as neighbouring countries shuttered borders and schools as fears of contagion rose.

Media reports disclose that the patient is a 46 year-old Tanzanian lady, who arrived in the country yesterday from Belgium.

She passed by Sweden and Denmark and entered the country via KIlimanjaro International Airport. On the other hand, Rwanda has shut schools and churches for two weeks and banned concerts and large gatherings. Its national airline RwandAir has canceled flights to India, Israel and China, however, insists tourists are still welcome.

Ethiopia introduced its own raft of fresh restrictions Monday, closing schools and suspending large gatherings like sporting. As the global pandemic takes root in Africa, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma announced he was donating 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 protective suits to each of the continent’s 54 countries.