Senegal confirms first case of novel coronavirus infection
03 March 2020 |
3:30 pm
Senegal has reported its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection on Monday.
The patient is a 54-year-old French, male, who came to Dakar on an Air Senegal flight after a vacation in France. He began to show fever symptoms two days later and went to a private clinic for treatment.
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