As of 1 April 2020 , more than 4 African countries were free of coronavirus .
Experts say that experience battling Ebola helped some countries prepare for COVID-19.As of 1 April 2020 , four African sovereign states have yet to report a case of COVID-19 : Comoros , Lesotho , [ [ [ South Sudan ] ] , and São Tomé and Príncipe ( as well as the disputed state of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ) .