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The first case of coronavirus in Senegal has been confirmed by the country's health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr.
The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and flew back from France on 26 February, Mr Sarr told a press conference in the capital, Dakar.
The patient reported to a private hospital on 27 February with symptoms including a headache.
The authorities are monitoring everyone who travelled on the same flight as well as the patient's family.
The minister said the country was prepared to deal with the virus, pointing out that Senegal had the facilities to test for the coronavirus.
This is the second case in sub-Saharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week.
A epidemia de Covid-19 que se alastra pelo mundo e que fez vítimas principalmente na China já causou mais de 3 mil mortes, segundo a imprensa hoje. Destas, 2.912 aconteceram só no país asiático, que hoje também reportou 202 casos novos. Os novos países a terem reportados casos de contaminação nas últimas 24 horas são Indonésia, Islândia, Portugal, Armênia e Andorra.

Devido ao aumento do número de países com casos - eram 39 na semana passada e hoje já são mais de 60 - a OMS aumentou ontem o alerta global para a contaminação para "muito alto". 

=== Países com mais número de mortes ===
* China: 2.912
* Irã: 66
* Itália: 34
* Coréia do Sul: 26
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