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Lesotho, the only country in Africa that has remained without covid-19 cases so far, announced today that it registered the first infection, corresponding to a citizen coming from abroad.
“What the Lesotho National Emergency Command Center (NECC) can confirm is that the case is imported from the Middle East, with no signs or symptoms,” explained health authorities in the small kingdom, located in the middle of South Africa, through of the social network Twitter.
In a subsequent official statement, the Lesotho Ministry of Health explained that the positive result was confirmed this Tuesday, after 81 tests were carried out on people who had come from South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
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