The small mountain kingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday became the last African nation to report its first case of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
“The patient, who is a citizen of an undisclosed Middle Eastern country, tested positive during a random testing exercise in the capital Maseru,’’ Health Minister Nkaku Kabi said.
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