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Nigeria confirms coronavirus, first in sub-Saharan Africa

by Associated Press
| February 28, 2020 12:05 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's health authorities on Friday reported the country's first case of a new coronavirus in Lagos, the first confirmed appearance of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

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