BREAKING: Kenya, Ghana, Gabon Confirm First Cases Of Coronavirus

Kenya, Ghana and Gabon have joined the list of countries that have confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa.

Kenyan Minister of Health, Mutahi Kagwe, confirmed the first Coronavirus case in the country, making it the eleventh and most recent COVID-19 case on the continent.

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The Minister announced this in the early hours of Friday during a press conference.

According to Kagwe, the patient was diagnosed in the late hours of Thursday, March 12, 2020.

He added that the patient had traveled back to Kenya from the United States through London.

Meanwhile, Gabon had announced that a 27-year-old Gabonese man who had returned from France on March 8 tested positive for the virus.

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Also, Ghana’s health ministry said the country had confirmed two cases from people who returned from Norway and Turkey, adding that the patients had been isolated and are in stable conditions.

Meanwhile, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Togo, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of Congo also have confirmed cases.

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