Coronavirus: Cameroon and Togo latest African countries reporting cases
Cameroon and Togo have become the latest African countries to confirm a case of Coronavirus CoViD19.
In Cameroon, the patient has been identified as a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in Yaounde on February 24, 2020, according to a report filed by the BBC's correspondent in Yaounde, Killian Ngala.
This is coming after Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt and Algeria confirmed the disease in Africa.
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Togo confirms first case of coronavirus
In the case of Togo, the government announced that the country registered its first case of coronavirus on Friday (March 6, 2020).
The patient is said to be a 42-year old female resident of the capital Lome who had visited Benin, Germany, France and Turkey in late February and early March.
She is being treated in isolation and her condition is stable, the government said in a statement.