WHO hails 'tremendous progress' in the fight against the deadly new coronavirus while two people die in Iran after testing positive for COVID-19
Egypt's health ministry announced last week the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Africa, a foreigner whose nationality was not revealed.
It was not immediately clear why the patient tested negative in the latest polymerase chain reaction tests, a widely used method to determine the presence of infectious agents. During the conference, WHO officials reiterated that even though the foreigner had not shown any symptoms of the virus, the person is still being monitored and has not been released.
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