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Lithuania confirms first coronavirus infection

News Desk (Reuters)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Fri, February 28, 2020 Published on Feb. 28, 2020 Published on 2020-02-28T11:25:10+07:00

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Passengers arriving at Fiumicino airport are checked by thermal scanners for coronavirus symptoms in this still image taken from video in Rome, Italy, February 4, 2020. Passengers arriving at Fiumicino airport are checked by thermal scanners for coronavirus symptoms in this still image taken from video in Rome, Italy, February 4, 2020. (REUTERS /Aeroporti di Roma (AdR)/Handout)

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ithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday, in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italy's northern city of Verona, the government said, as the disease spreads rapidly worldwide.

Hopes that the virus would be contained to China vanished, with countries beginning to stockpile medical equipment and investors taking flight in expectation of a global recession.

In a statement, the Lithuanian government said the woman had been isolated in hospital in the northern town of Siauliai following her return on Monday.

She has been under observation since, and is showing only slight symptoms, with no elevated temperature at the moment, it added. 

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