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Cyprus' largest hospital suspends services after doctor contracts coronavirus

The 64-year-old doctor was one of two individuals first to test positive on the Mediterranean island.

News Desk (Reuters)

Athens, Greece

Tue, March 10, 2020 Published on Mar. 10, 2020 Published on 2020-03-10T14:16:01+07:00

Cyprus' largest hospital suspends services after doctor contracts coronavirus

In this file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2020 this handout illustration image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a transmission electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, as Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. ( Handout/National Institutes of Health/AFP/File)

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yprus' largest medical facility suspended most services on Tuesday, authorities said, after a medical doctor heading the heart surgical ward tested positive for coronavirus.

The 64-year-old doctor was one of two individuals first to test positive on the Mediterranean island. He had recently returned from Britain and had contact with patients.

Effective Tuesday, all admissions, outpatient clinics, surgeries and visitations at Nicosia general hospital were suspended for 48 hours, when the situation would be reviewed, the health ministry announced early on Tuesday.

The operation of the cardio surgery ward had also been suspended and patients would be gradually discharged, depending on their general health condition, the ministry said.