Syria announces first case of coronavirus
The Syrian government has announced the first case of the novel coronavirus in the war-torn country, days after starting measures to stem the spread of the pandemic.
Health minister Nizar Yaziji late Sunday said authorities had recorded "a first case of the coronavirus in Syria in a person coming from abroad," without specifying the country.
"The appropriate measures have been taken to deal with" the female patient aged around 20, state news agency SANA reported him as telling journalists.
The Damascus authorities have over the past week increasingly taken measures to prevent a spread of the deadly virus.
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