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Tanzania confirms first coronavirus case

Tanzania's Minister for Health Ummy Mwalimu. Tanzania on March 16, 2020 confirmed its first case of Covid-19 in the country. PHOTO | FILE | MWANANCHI

By  VALERIE KOGA

Tanzania on Monday confirmed its first case of Covid-19 in the country.

Health ministry said the 46-year-old woman returned from Belgium on Sunday aboard a RwandAir plane.

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