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DR Congo patient cured of Covid-19, Health minister says

A medical staff checks a man's temperature on border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi on March 18, 2020. DRC has reported that a patient has been cured of the novel coronavirus. PHOTO | ONESPHORE NIBIGIRA | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The recovery of the patient could be the best news so far, considering DRC's feeble health system.
  • The country is yet to complete its cycle of the Ebola scourge.

Kinshasa

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has said that the first patient to be confirmed with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) could walk out of hospital soon after he was cured.

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