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Cameroon confirms first coronavirus case

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature measured in a mall in the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai on March 4, 2020. PHOTO | HECTOR RETAMAL | AFP

By  Ndi Eugene Ndi

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Nation Media Group

Cameroon has confirmed its first case of coronavirus after a 58-year-old French national who had arrived in the capital, Yaounde on February 24, tested positive.

It is also the first known case in central African and the latest in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.

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