(CNN Spanish) – The Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare of the government of Spain confirmed through its official Twitter account a case of coronavirus detected in that country.
The National Center for Microbiology, of the Carlos III Health Institute, confirms a case of #coronavirus detected in Spain.
This is the analysis of one of the samples sent from La Gomera, Canary Islands. The patient is admitted and isolated in a hospital of the island. pic.twitter.com/Jc8ignBZNO– Public Health (@SaludPublicaEs) January 31, 2020
The patient who was diagnosed was under observation because he had been in contact, in Germany, with an infected person.
The statement does not inform about the nationality of the patient, who is admitted and isolated in a hospital in La Gomela, Canary Islands, where days ago they took samples that were sent to the National Center for Microbiology of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid.
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