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Latvia reports first confirmed coronavirus case

BC, Riga, 02.03.2020.Print version
A first case of novel coronavirus Covid-19 has been confirmed in Latvia, LETA was told at the Health Ministry.

The Center for Disease Prevention and Control confirmed that a patient in Latvia has tested positive for Covid-19. 


The Health Ministry has called a news conference at 8 p.m. Monday to inform about authorities' further steps and recommendations. 


Health Minister Ilze Vinkele,  Jurijs Perevoscikovs, a representative of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, as well as Ludmila Viksna, a chief infectious diseases specialist at Riga Eastern Hospital, will take part in the news conference. 






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