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Panama confirms first coronavirus case after woman showed symptoms
The unnamed women had traveled from Spain and upon arriving to Panama on Monday sought hospital care for fever and a cough.
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Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
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40-year-old women in Panama has tested positive for coronavirus, the country's health minister said on Monday, marking the first such case in the Central American nation.
The unnamed women had traveled from Spain and upon arriving to Panama on Monday sought hospital care for fever and a cough, Health Minister Rosario Turner told reporters, adding that the government wanted to be transparent about the case.
The woman, whose nationality was not disclosed and is believed to have a relatively minor case of the illness, has since been sent home in stable condition, the minister added.
"She has what we could describe as a minor case of coronavirus," said Turner.
