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SenegalSenegal's health minister on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the country, the second case in Sub-Saharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week.The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and came back from a skiing holiday in France on Feb. 26 on an Air Senegal flight, health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr told reporters. Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says it has activated its emergency operation centre for a continent where healthcare capacity is limited and early detection is vital. The WHO has identified 13 top-priority countries which either have direct links or a high volume of travel to China, but Senegal was not on that list.Still, Senegal is home to one of the 26 labs in Africa that can test for the virus. – Nampa/ReutersTunisiaTunisia has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, the health minister said on Monday at a news conference. Minister Abdelatif el-Maki said the patient was a Tunisian man.North African countries Algeria and Egypt have also confirmed cases of the virus. – Nampa/Reuters

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