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A second confirmed coronavirus case has been recorded in Morocco, the Health Ministry said in a communiqué issued on Thursday.
The health authorities explained that this case has been confirmed by the national laboratory of the Institut Pasteur, Wednesday. The patient, who tested positive for the virus, is a Moroccan woman who was in Italy, the country that recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases outside Asia.
The woman in question is currently being treated in an isolation unit at a hospital in Casablanca, where she will be taken care of in accordance with the sanitary procedures in place, the Ministry said.
— Ministère-Santé-Maroc Ministry of Health Morocco (@Ministere_Sante) March 5, 2020
Earlier this week, sanitary authorities in Morocco announced the country’s first confirmed coronavirus case. The patient is a Moroccan who visited Italy and tested positive for the virus once in Morocco.
In a press conference held Tuesday, the Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said that the patient is a 39 year-old Moroccan who came from Bergamo, an Italian city northeast of Milan.
The man entered Morocco by the end of February through the Mohammed VI airport in Casablanca.
During the same press conference, the Minister revealed that the patient came to Morocco through a «plane that was carrying 104 passengers», adding that they were all contacted, alongside his family members who were in close contact with him.
