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Coronavirus in Ecuador: Ministry of Health confirms five new cases
Posted On 02 Mar 2020
Five more in one day. The Minister of Health, Catalina Andramuño , announced that the confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the country increased, giving a total of six confirmed cases that add to the primary of a 71-year -old Ecuadorian woman who is isolated in the Guasmo hospital South of Guayaquil
Coronavirus in Ecuador: Ministry of Health confirms five new cases
The five new cases correspond to relatives of the compatriot who arrived last February 14 to Guayaquil from Spain , where he lives, specifically in Torrejón de Ardoz .
The minister said that the five new cases have mild symptoms and that the only case with a reserved prognosis is the first.
The secretary of state distorted a statement from a private clinic that treated Ecuadorian in the first instance and diagnosed another disease. “We will ask the clinic to make a rectification. We are a responsible Government. ”
Classes in the Sierra and Amazonia will not be suspended, but parents whose children have a cough , fever and discomfort were asked not to send their children to education centers.
