First Confirmed Coronavirus Case Detected in Ukraine — Health Ministry
The man was hospitalized with dry cough and fever.
The first case of coronavirus has been recorded in Chernivtsi Region. The person returned from Italy, where an outbreak of COVID-19 has been recorded. This was stated at a briefing by Deputy Health Minister Viktor Liashko.
Family — a man and a woman living in Chernivtsi Region, returned from Italy, where 2,036 cases of the new coronavirus COVID-19 have already been recorded.
Upon entering Ukraine, their temperature was checked. They were at home in self-isolation when, on February 29, the man developed symptoms similar to coronavirus. A special ambulance was sent for him and took him to an infectious diseases hospital.
“We have started working with contact persons,” — Liashko said at the briefing.
The infected person developed symptoms: fever and dry cough.
On March 2, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Liashko reported suspected coronavirus infection in 4 people in Ukraine, three of whom are in Kyiv, and one confirmed case in Chernivtsi Region.
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