Senegal Urges Calm After Confirming 1st Coronavirus Infection
2 days ago by voanews.com
Senegalese officials are asking the public to remain calm after confirming the country’s first case of coronavirus, or COVID 19. The patient is a Frenchman living in Senegal who returned from a vacation to France on February 26. He had visited Nimes and a ski resort in the French Alps. Dr. Ousmane Gueye is with Senegal's Ministry of Health. He says the patient had a high fever, sore throat, headaches and weakness but is now in stable condition and at Dakar’s Fann Hospital. read more...
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