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Kenya confirms first COVID-19 case

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Kenyan health workers screening passengers wearing face masks after they arrived from China, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenyan health officials have confirmed the country’s first COVID-19 case.

Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on Friday.  Minister of Health Mutahi Kagwe said a woman was diagnosed on March 12 after traveling to Kenya from the US via London.

The west African countries of Ghana and Gabon each reported their first cases of COVID-19. In total, African countries have confirmed 15 cases.

Read more via The Daily Nation/Reuters

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