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Confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Catalonia

This is the fifth case confirmed in Spain after the three patients detected in the Canary Islands and one in Mallorca

Redacción, Barcelona
02/25/2020 15:25 | Updated on 02/25/2020 3:43 PM

The Department of Salut of the Generalitat has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Catalonia. This is the fifth case confirmed in Spain after the three patients detected in the Canary Islands and one in Mallorca. The secretary of Public Salut, Joan Guix, will give more details at a press conference at 4:30 pm this afternoon accompanied by the manager of Salut del Serut integral processes of Salut, Assumpta Ricard.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200225/473782485232/coronavirus-primer-caso-cataluna.html

****An earlier news item says the case in the Canary Islands is a doctor from Italy
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/02/25/news/coronavirus_cina_sud_corea-249521955/

Japan - Another from the cruise ship. No symptoms, happened to catch it on testing

New virus confirmed for the first time in Tokushima Prefecture Woman returned from cruise ship

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/202..._news-main_002
February 25, 2020 22:47New coronavirusAccording to Tokushima Prefecture, one woman in her 60s living in the prefecture was the first in Shikoku to be infected with the new coronavirus. It means that women have no symptoms such as fever.

According to Tokushima Prefecture, the infection was confirmed in a woman in their 60s living in the jurisdiction of the Tokushima Public Health Center.

The woman was the only one to return to her home in the prefecture after she was disembarked from a cruise ship “Diamond Princess”, a confirmed outbreak, on March 20.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200225/k10012301341000.html?utm_int=news_contents_news-main_002