- Title: Azerbaijan, Belarus confirm first case of coronavirus
- Date: 28th February 2020
- Summary: JALILABAD, AZERBAIJAN (FEBRUARY 27, 2020) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CUSTOMS OFFICER IN MEDICAL MASK WALKING AT AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER VARIOUS OF AMBULANCE PARKED CARS CROSSING BORDER POST CUSTOMS OFFICER WEARING MEDICAL MASK CHECKING DOCUMENTS VARIOUS OF SPECIALIST DISINFECTING TRUCK VARIOUS OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS INSPECTING CARS CARS BEING CHECKED AT BORDER BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (FEBRUARY 28, 2020) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Azerbaijani) SPOKESPERSON OF AZERBAIJAN'S CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CENTER, YAGUT KARAEVA, SAYING: "We've found that he (a person possibly infected with coronavirus) had a high temperature as he passed the border. Everyone who was in contact with the patient was quarantined, while he was isolated." JALILABAD, AZERBAIJAN (FEBRUARY 27, 2020) (REUTERS) SCREEN OF THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA VARIOUS OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS CHECKING BODY TEMPERATURE OF PEOPLE AT BORDER USING THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (FEBRUARY 28, 2020) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Azerbaijani) SPOKESPERSON OF AZERBAIJAN'S CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CENTER, YAGUT KARAEVA, SAYING: "In Azerbaijan, 224 people are quarantined on suspicion of coronavirus. Twelve of them are citizens of Iran, one is Italian, seven are citizens of other countries, the rest are Azerbaijanis. Now we are waiting for the results of their analyses." ASTARA, AZERBAIJAN (FEBRUARY 27, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SPECIALISTS DISINFECTING TRAIN WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS MINSK, BELARUS (FEBRUARY 28, 2020) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE ENTERING MINSK CITY CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL SECURITY GUARD WEARING FACE MASK WOMAN WEARING MASK STANDING AT HOSPITAL GATE WOMAN TALKING TO GUARD
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- Keywords: Azerbaijan Belarus Belarus student Belarussian Ministry of Healthcare coronavirus coronavirus 2019-nCoV coronavirus Azerbaijan coronavirus Belarus infection
- Location: MINSK, BELARUS / BAKU, ASTARA AND JALILABAD, AZERBAIJAN
- City: MINSK, BELARUS / BAKU, ASTARA AND JALILABAD, AZERBAIJAN
- Country: Belarus
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C2J2RSP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hopes the coronavirus would be contained to China vanished on Friday as infections spread rapidly around the world with Azerbaijan and Belarus confirming the first cases of coronavirus infection in these countries on Friday (February 28).
Belarusian Minister of Health, Vladimir Karanik said one of the students from Iran had been diagnosed with symptoms of coronavirus having a high temperature and redness on his throat. The patient, as well as his flatmates, are hospitalized and under observation, Karanik said.
Azerbaijan's coronavirus crisis centre said on Friday a Russian national travelling from Iran had tested positive for coronavirus, the South Caucasus nation's first confirmed case of the virus, the Interfax news agency reported.
The coronavirus outbreak is "getting bigger", the World Health Organization said on Friday after Nigeria confirmed sub-Saharan Africa's first case, reiterating its warning that the virus could reach most "if not all countries".
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