1st Case in Spain, related to German Cluster

The affected had had direct contact with a person infected in Germany

The patient is admitted and isolated in a hospital of the island. It is part of the group of five tourists who were already under observation on the island. Two of them had been in contact in Germany with a patient diagnosed with coronavirus infection.

These people were located on the afternoon of Wednesday once the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government was alerted by Health that these two people were in the Canary Islands.

As foreseen in the protocol that has been explained these days, this Saturday there will be a ministerial meeting of evaluation and monitoring of the coronavirus, chaired by the minister, Salvador Illa, after which all available information on the case will be offered.

There are currently more than 75,000 cases under study in Wuhan. In Europe there are already positives in the United Kingdom, France. Germany, Italy, Sweden and Finland.