Brazil Suspects Citizen Of Being Infected With Coronavirus From China - Health Ministry

Sumaira FH Published January 23, 2020 | 01:40 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2020) The Brazilian authorities suspect a 35-year old female citizen who has recently returned from the Chinese city of Shanghai of being infected with a new strain of coronavirus, the health ministry of the Minas Gerais state said on Wednesday.

According to the ministry, on Tuesday, a medical center in the state capital of Belo Horizonte received "a patient, a female Brazilian citizen, 35 years old, who arrived from China (she was in Shanghai) to Belo Horizonte on January 18, with symptoms of an acute respiratory viral infection.

Considering the current epidemiological situation in China, the ministry is considering the possibility of the woman being infected with the recently reported type of coronavirus.

Earlier in the month, a new strain of coronavirus was discovered in China. Those infected reportedly display symptoms typical of pneumonia and other acute respiratory diseases. The outbreak was confirmed to be that of a new type of coronavirus last week and airports across the world have stepped up measures to monitor passengers for the disease.