The 35-year old man arrived on 28 February and was quarantined when he began showing symptoms on the 9 March.

JOHANNESBURG – Lesotho's suspected case of coronavirus has tested negative, which means the mountain kingdom had no confirmed cases.

The country's ministry of health said this was the second suspected case.

The 35-year old man arrived on 28 February and was quarantined when he began showing symptoms on 9 March.

Samples were sent for tests to the National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) in South Africa on Monday, and on Friday he was cleared.

And in the United Kingdom, the government there has announced that local and mayoral elections that were scheduled for May will be postponed for year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

This after the electoral commission proposed the postponement on Thursday.

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