As of 1 April 2020 , five African sovereign states have yet to report a COVID-19 case .
Experts say that experience battling Ebola helped some countries prepare for COVID-19.As of 1 April 2020 , five African sovereign states have yet to report a case of COVID-19 : Comoros , Lesotho , Malawi , South Sudan , and São Tomé and Príncipe.