BRASILIA: A Brazilian government test has confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America, a source said on Wednesday , after a Sao Paulo hospital flagged the possible infection of a 61-year-old who had visited Italy.
Brazil's Health Ministry declined to comment on the result of the test ahead of a news conference at 11 am local time. The person familiar with the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity because the results were not yet public.The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening that it was looking into the case of a Sao Paulo resident who had travelled to Lombardy, in northern Italy, from Feb 9 to Feb 21 and had symptoms compatible with the disease.
The new coronavirus is believed to have originated in a market selling wildlife in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year and has infected about 80,000 people and killed more than 2,700, the vast majority in China.
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