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Tanzania first Covid-19 patient recovers as another case recorded

Tanzania's Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu. PHOTO | MWANANCHI | NMG

By  BEATRICE MATERU

Tanzania’s first coronavirus patient has recovered and will be discharged from hospital soon, Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has announced.

“I am happy to announce our first patient for Covid-19 has tested negative in all three tests taken...we are now on final stages for her discharge,” Ms Mwalimu said on Thursday.

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