The new coronavirus apparently has a functional mutation - a cleavage site for an enzyme that makes it highly pathogenic https://t.co/cJwCWN386v #Covid19
— Gregor Peter (@L0gg0l) February 28, 2020
Nigeria's first case of coronavirus
[NEWS.YAHOO] Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scrambled for hygiene products Friday, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan, at the heart of Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
's largest outbreak, earlier this week.
"The patient is clinically stable, with no serious symptoms," Ehanire said, adding that he was being treated at a hospital for infectious diseases in Lagos.
The low number of cases so far across Africa, which has close economic ties with China, the epicentre of the deadly outbreak, has puzzled health specialists.
Prior to the case in Nigeria, there had been just two cases on the continent -- in Egypt and Algeria.
BREAKING: The Santa Clara Public Health Department has confirmed that the third case of COVID-19 in the county.https://t.co/c30ScdIdcr
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) February 28, 2020
Fourth case of #coronavirus in #Lebanon confirmed: Rafik Hariri University Hospital source. The patient is a Syrian national
— Ghada Alsharif (@GhadaaSharif) February 28, 2020
Second case of #coronavirus recorded in #Baghdad. A 35-years-old woman who has returned from #Iran tested positive.
— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) February 28, 2020
8th case across #Iraq.