Lebanon Announces Its First Case Of Coronavirus

The first case of coronavirus in Lebanon was confirmed on Friday, the health minister said, adding that two other suspected cases were being investigated. Advertisement “We … Continue reading Lebanon Announces Its First Case Of Coronavirus

By Ronke Sanya Idowu

Updated February 21, 2020

This photo taken on February 6, 2020 shows a laboratory technician working on samples from people to be tested for the new coronavirus at “Fire Eye” laboratory in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province. BGI Group, a genome sequencing company based in southern China, said it opened on February 5 a lab in Wuhan able to test up to 10,000 people per day for the virus. The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on February 7 to 636, with the government saying total infections had climbed past 30,000. STR / AFP

This photo taken on February 6, 2020, shows a laboratory technician working on samples from people to be tested for the new coronavirus at the “Fire Eye” laboratory in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province. PHOTO: STR / AFP

The first case of coronavirus in Lebanon was confirmed on Friday, the health minister said, adding that two other suspected cases were being investigated.

“We confirmed the first case today,” Hassan Hamad said at a press conference in Beirut.

The virus was found in a 45-year-old Lebanese woman who had travelled from Qom in Iran, he said, adding that she was in good health.

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