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First Coronavirus Case Confirmed in Lebanon, Linked to Iranian City of Qom

VOA News

   Lebanon confirmed its first coronavirus case Friday, a 45-year-old
   woman who had arrived from Iran and was being quarantined in a
   hospital.

   "We confirmed the first case today," Lebanese health minister Hassan
   Hamad told a news conference, adding that two other suspected cases are
   being investigated.

   The woman arrived Thursday on a flight from the city of Qom in Iran.
   The woman and two other suspected victims were quarantined at the Rafik
   Hariri government hospital in Beirut.

   Meanwhile, Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths
   from the new coronavirus.

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