ECOWAS Health Ministers meet in Bamako to combat the Covid-19 epidemic West African Health Ministers decided in Bamako to strengthen cooperation between their countries to deal with the new coronavirus Friday, the representative of the host country said. The ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in the Malian capital with the stated objective of "strengthening the capacities of national and regional entities in the region in surveillance, prevention and early detection of epidemics" due to the new coronavirus. COMPLETES VID1OZ9K3_FR IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES \\n