Mexico’s Health Ministry informed that authorities are analyzing two more suspected coronavirus cases in the State of Mexico , a state that is part of the Metropolitan area .
One of the patients is a 27-year-old woman who traveled to Wuhan , China and returned to Mexico on January 18. Two days after her return she showed signs of respiratory disease . The other patient is a 14-year-old male who was in contact with the woman.
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Both show some symptoms but there are no signs of comorbidities . They will remain at home, isolated , until the lab results are ready.
José Luis Alomía
, Mexico’s head of the Epidemiology Department , said that no novel coronavirus cases ( 2019-nCoV ) have been confirmed in Mexico and 7 have tested negative to the deadly virus .
So far, the World Health Organization has confirmed 6,065 cases worldwide . In China , 5,997 cases have been confirmed and 132 people have died.
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