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Myanmar confirms two first cases positive for SARS-CoV-2

The Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar on March 23 reported the two first cases of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
Myanmar confirms two first cases positive for SARS-CoV-2 ảnh 1Myanmar people wear face masks (Source: Myanmar Times)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health and Sportsof Myanmar on March 23 reported the two first cases of the acuterespiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19).

The results from the Myanmar National HealthLaboratory confirmed that a 36-year-old Myanmar man travelling back fromthe US and another, 26, returning from the UK had both tested positive forSARS-CoV-2.

The patient arrived from the US on March 13 and experiencedfever a week after.  He is now being treated at a hospital in Chin State.

Meanwhile the younger man, who arrived in Yangon on March 22,is under treatment in Hlegu.

The ministry said that any person who came into directcontact with the two patients would be monitored.

The testing results will be sent to a WHO-accreditedlaboratory in Thailand on March 24, it added./.
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