Austria reports first two coronavirus cases

Guenther Weiss, director of internal medicine station at the University Hospital, briefs the media during a news conference in Innsbruck, Austria, on Tuesday (Feb 25). Two 24-years-old Italians from Bergamo were tested positiv on the virus and were asked to stay in quarantine at the hospital. - AP

VIENNA: There are two confirmed cases of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) which started in China and spread to Asia and now in Austria, the first in the country, the federal Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (Feb 25).

Two persons, both 24 years old, have tested positive for the coronavirus in the western state of Tyrol, Governor Guenther Platter said.