Published 21:12 IST, February 29th 2020
Mexico confirms third Coronavirus case, all three cases linked to Italy
The Health Ministry of Mexico said that the third patient is a 59-year-old man who returned to Mexico City from Italy and tested positive for COVID-19
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Mexico has confirmed its third case of dely vel Coronavirus. Health Ministry of Mexico said that third patient is a 59-year-old man who returned to Mexico City from Italy and tested positive with strain of COVID-19, confirmed reports. third confirmed case emerging in Mexico makes it second Latin American country where malignant Coronavirus has spre. Also, all three cases reported so far involve Mexicans who h a travel history to Italy, suggest reports.
or two cases of Coronavirus include a 35-year-old man from Mexico City who tested positive twice to disease, and 41-year-old from rrn state of Sinaloa who returned from Bergamo, Italy, confirmed Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez in international media reports. Italy has reportedly recorded over 650 cases of Coronavirus and 17 death have occurred in country so far, as figures surge rapidly.
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Jose Luis Aloma, general director of epidemiology at Ministry of Health, said at a press conference that all three cases of COVID-19 infection in country were imported and emerged out of same source. He furr ded that patients initially h mild symptoms resembling symptoms of pneumonia, similar to cough and cold. y later contracted strain of COVID-19 which presumably was acquired via human-to-human transmission.
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Two ditional suspected cases
At present, two ditional presumptive cases are under analysis in central state of Guanajuato and one in rthwestern Durango in Mexico confirmed reports. Lopez-Gatell, however, emphasized that re was need for country to declare a national health emergency yet. He urged people to maintain calm and t need misinformation. He furr insisted that people followed health safety measures and bought face masks to avoid getting transmitted with strain of coronavirus, suggest reports.
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Mexico’s main stock index reportedly suffered a great setback in one of biggest losses in months, dipping 4 per cent in tring as Peso fell by more than 1 per cent due to Coronavirus outbreak, confirmed reports. Coronavirus has infected more than 85,000 people and over 2,900 fatalities have surfaced in mainland China.
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(With ncy Inputs)
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21:12 IST, February 29th 2020