Algeria leader urges discipline, says government able to counter coronavirus


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Algiers, Algeria March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday urged citizens to be "disciplined" to help overcome the coronavirus outbreak even as the number of cases and deaths rose.

Tebboune said on state television that the government is still able to handle the situation despite a fall in energy earnings, the main source of state finances.

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