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Poland has 92 patients with suspected coronavirus; only one case confirmed

05.03.2020 17:15
Ninety-two people are in hospitals across Poland amid fears they may be infected with the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Thursday.
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A total of 490 are under quarantine at home, while 5,647 are being monitored by sanitary inspectors, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

Poland’s health minister announced on Wednesday that the first case of coronavirus infection has been confirmed in this country.

Łukasz Szumowski told reporters that the infected patient, a resident of Poland’s western Lubuskie province, was “feeling well” and undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city of Zielona Góra.

No other cases have been confirmed in Poland.

The Covid-19 virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has killed around 3,300 people and infected more than 95,000 around the world.

(pk/gs)

Source: IAR