GABORONE 22 Apr (ANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has fired the permanent secretary and his deputy in the ministry of health amid a coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The two men were sacked on Tuesday, according to a government statement.

No reasons were given for the dismissal.

Botswana is on 28-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The country has 20 confirmed cases of the virus and one fatality.

All Botswana's MPs have been quarantined for 14 days after a nurse who was on duty at parliament tested positive for Covid-19.(ANA)

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