Portugal announces first case of Coronavirus, another presumptive case being monitored

Portugal has reportedly anunced its first confirmed case of Coronavirus after a Portuguese man tested positive for disease, confirmed Portuguese Health Ministry on March 2. Ar case of Coronavirus, officially kwn as COVID-19, is pending confirmation. individual suspected on being infected is under counter examination, Portuguese Health Minister Marta Temido told Portuguese media.

According to international news reports, both patients were mitted at a hospital in Porto and were in a better health condition despite contracting virus. confirmed case is a 60-year-old doctor who h recently travelled to Italy, and pending case undergoing health screenings is a 33-year-old man who h returned from Valencia, Spain.

Coronavirus has spre to at least 18 countries in European Union as malignant pathogen has claimed over 3,000 lives globally and continues to infect citizens worldwide. Over 88,000 have been infected worldwide as per news reports.

Portuguese Health Minister Temido said in a news conference that ministry would step up containment efforts and will start screening passengers across all flights at airport, including flights coming from Italy in dition to passengers from China.

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EU raised risk level to high

Temido furr ded saying that a Chinese national was taken off train on March 1 after he complained of fever, cough, and throat pain. She said that man was immediately rushed to hospital and was quarantined. His samples are yet to be confirmed positive to establish infection from strain of Coronavirus.

Meanwhile, EU commission clarified that current assessment risk from Coronavirus has been revised after level was raised from moderate to high. President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told media that decision comes as illness spre to most of European countries, with Portugal reporting its first confirmed case and a presumptive case.

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(With ncy Inputs)