Uzbekistan reports new coronavirus cases

2020-04-01 03:08:32

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 1

By Ilkin Seyfaddini – Trend:

Six more Uzbek citizens have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 173, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Health.

The first case of coronavirus infection in Uzbekistan was detected on March 15 in the laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology; it was an Uzbek woman who returned from France. The Ministry of Health later announced that her son, daughter, husband and grandson also tested coronavirus-positive.

The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019. The number of people killed by the disease has surpassed 42,000. Over 859,000 people have been confirmed as infected. Meanwhile, over 178,000 people have reportedly recovered.

Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11.

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