Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa
by Jason Burke Africa correspondent and Alison Rourke from on (#5000C)
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Nigeria has reported the first confirmed case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa, as investor alarm over a potential global pandemic deepened stock market losses around the world.
Nigerian officials said the case involved an Italian citizen who entered the country on 24 February on a Turkish Airlines flight from Milan via Istanbul.
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