NOUAKCHOTT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Mauritanian Health minister Dr. Mohamed Nedhirou Hamed announced Wednesday a second confirmed case of COVID-19.
"It is a foreign national who arrived 10 days ago in the country, working as cleaning lady for a foreign family," he said, without giving further details on the patient.
The minister added the patient and the family she works for are all put under quarantine.
On March 13, Mauritanian health ministry confirmed the country's first COVID-19 infection case, a foreign national returned on March 9 to Mauritania from Europe.
So far, Mauritania has reported 2 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Enditem
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