Lebanese health minister announces 1st COVID-19 case in Lebanon
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Lebanese Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced on Friday that the first COVID-19 case was detected in Lebanon and the ministry suspects the infection of two other people, Al Jadeed local TV channel reported.
Hassan said that the first case was detected on a plane that has arrived from Iran a day earlier.
"We have sent a team to the plane that arrived from Iran on Thursday in a bid to test people on board and one woman had symptoms, so we transferred her to Rafic Hariri Hospital for isolation and then her test came out as positive," Hassan explained during a press conference held at the ministry.
He noted that the 45-year-old Lebanese woman is "well" so far while calling upon people not to fear this new incident but to take necessary precautions.
The minister said that the ministry has been following up with people arriving in Lebanon since 10 days ago and it is isolating all those who show related symptoms.
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