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First Coronavirus Cases Reported in Countries Across Africa
- Rwanda, Mauritania, Namibia, eSwatini find first infections
- Cases increasing on the continent, which has lagged globally
Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg
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African nations from Rwanda to Mauritania have reported their first cases of coronavirus, demonstrating the spread of the pandemic is accelerating across the world’s second-most populated continent.