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Finland confirms its first coronavirus case; France announces fifth case

A laboratory operator wearing a protective gear handles patients' samples in a laboratory of the National Reference Center (CNR) for respiratory viruses at the Institut Pasteur in Paris on January 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

The director of Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare announces the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Finland.

The 32-year-old Chinese woman, a tourist who traveled from Wuhan to Finland a week ago, was admitted to Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi for tests after showing symptoms of the deadly new strain of coronavirus. 

Meanwhile, France confirmed a fifth case of infection by the new virus from China, the French health minister said on Wednesday, adding the patient was the daughter of an 80-year-old man already hospitalized with the disease.

France confirmed its first three cases of the Wuhan coronavirus on Friday, and a fourth case on Tuesday.

The virus has killed more than 130 people and sickened more than 6,000, the vast majority of them in China.

(Source: Agencies) 


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