The presidency in the West
African nation of eight million people said the patient, who lives in the
capital Lome with her family, was “currently isolated in a treatment center for
infectious diseases” after testing positive on Thursday.
Togo on Friday confirmed
its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested
positive following her return from a trip to Benin, Germany, France, and
Turkey.
“From February 22 to March
2, 2020, she visited Benin, Germany, France, and Turkey before returning to
Togo via the land border with Benin,” the presidency said in a statement.
It said all people who had
contact with the patient in the country “have been identified and put in
quarantine”.
In sub-Saharan Africa,
Senegal has registered four cases, all foreign nationals, and South Africa,
Nigeria and Cameroon have one case each since the outbreak emerged in December
in China.
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