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2020.03.03 00:30 GMT+8

Senegal confirms first case of COVID-19

Updated 2020.03.03 00:30 GMT+8
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Senegal has registered its first confirmed case of the COVID-19, a French citizen who has since been placed under observation.

The patient tested positive for the virus on Monday in Dakar, and has since been admitted at the Institut Pasteur of Dakar.

Senegal is now the fourth African country to have confirmed cases of the COVID-19, after Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria.

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