Coronavirus Spreads To Argentina, Chile

Argentina and Chile confirmed their first cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) late Tuesday.

Argentina’s first confirmed case was a citizen who had just returned from Italy, while the case in Chile was a citizen who contracted the disease during a visit to southeast Asia.

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Argentina’s case was announced by Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia who said the patient had been quarantined after voluntarily visiting a private health clinic to be tested.

“We’ve identified a first case. It’s a patient who came from Italy” but had also traveled around other parts of Europe,” said Gonzalez Garcia.

The minister, who added that “fortunately the case is not complicated,” said Argentina was prepared to tackle the virus.

Chile’s Health Minister Jaime Manalich said the 33-year-old patient in the country had been taken to hospital in the city of Talca.

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