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Ethiopia confirms first case of coronavirus
ADDIS ABABA, March 13, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Ethiopia on Friday announced
its first case of the new coronavirus, the second to hit East Africa which
had so far been spared from the rapidly spreading illness.
A 48-year-old Japanese man who had arrived in the country on March 4
from Burkina Faso was confirmed to have contracted the virus, the health
ministry said.
“He is undergoing medical follow-up and is in a stable condition. Those
who have been in contact with this person are being traced and quarantined,”
the ministry said in a statement.
Ethiopia becomes the 15 country in Africa with a confirmed case of the
virus that has swept the globe, infecting more than 130,000 people and
killing nearly 5,000 since it emerged in China in December.
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