Ethiopia, Kenya confirm first virus cases in East Africa

Kenya and Ethiopia on Friday announced their first confirmed cases of coronavirus, as East Africa, which has so far been unscathed by the global pandemic, scaled up emergency measures to contain its spread. In Kenya, a 27-year-old Kenyan woman tested positive for the virus on Thursday in Nairobi, a week after returning from the United States via London. The government had traced all the contacts of the patient since she arrived back in Kenya on March 5, he said.

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