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Coronavirus: Togo announces first case

Mary Harper

Africa editor, BBC World Service

Togo has become the fifth country in sub-Saharan Africa to confirm a case of coronavirus.

The government said a woman from the capital Lome had tested positive.

She has recently visited Benin, Germany, France and Turkey, and is being treated in isolation. Earlier on Friday, Cameroon reported its first case.

There are now 30 confirmed cases of coronavirus on the continent, ranging from Egypt to South Africa.