Coronavirus latest updates: first case detected in sub-Saharan Africa as stock market dives again

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Coronavirus found in sub-Saharan Africa as WHO says spread could 'get out of control'

First cases also detected in New Zealand and Lithuania as stock market losses around the world deepen

Coronavirus Live Updates: Nigeria Confirms First Case in Sub-Saharan Africa

The outbreak has “pandemic potential,” the W.H.O. warns, as 12 countries record their first cases in past 48 hours.

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Nigeria’s health authorities reported the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa, adding to fears about the spread of the virus on a continent already beset by some of the world’s weakest health-care systems.

Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms first case in sub-Saharan Africa

The Italian citizen had returned from Milan, in a region badly hit by the outbreak of the virus.

Coronavirus epidemic: Nigeria confirms first case in sub Saharan Africa

Coronavirus epidemic: Nigeria confirms first case in sub Saharan Africa

Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in sub Saharan Africa

An Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos, Nigeria's economic nerve center, is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub Saharan Africa, according to the country's Health Ministry.

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With the death toll from the COVID-19 disease nearing 3,000, global health officials say no country can hope to be spared, and all must be ready to combat domestic outbreaks.

Nigeria Records Sub-Saharan Africa’s First Coronavirus Case

The illness was diagnosed in an Italian patient in Lagos, the country’s largest city and one of the continent’s biggest metropolises, raising fears that the virus was poised to sweep the region.

Coronavirus in Lagos: Africa’s biggest city has a Covid-19 case

The disease was just discovered in Lagos, Nigeria, in a traveler from Italy.

Nigeria Tracing First Coronavirus Case in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigerian health authorities said they’re tracing everyone who’s been in contact with an Italian man who tested positive for the coronavirus, the first such case in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria's ministry of health on Thursday night confirmed the region's first coronavirus case in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Nigeria Reports First Coronavirus Case in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Italian citizen with the coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, had recently traveled from Milan to Lagos.

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