Mexico confirms three coronavirus cases in three men returned from Italy


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Feb 2020

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government said on Friday it had detected three cases of coronavirus infection in three men who had all recently travelled to Italy, making the country the second in Latin America to register the fast-spreading virus.

The first case is a 35-year-old man who showed positive in an initial test in Mexico City also test positive in a second test early on Friday, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez told a news conference.

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