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Moldova and Bulgaria reported first coronavirus cases

08 March 2020 15:10 (UTC +04:00)

Moldova has reported its first confirmed coronavirus case, the Moldovan health ministry said late on Saturday, APA reports citing Reuters.

The 48-year-old woman was hospitalized on Saturday after she arrived from Italy, the ministry said in a statement.

“The person was taken from the airport ... with bilateral pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, fever, cough, general weakness,” it said.

Bulgaria reported on Sunday its first four confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Two men from the northern city of Pleven and two women from the city of Gabrovo in central Bulgaria tested positive for the coronavirus following widespread testing, said Todor Kantardzhiev, head of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.