Jamaica: 2019 Covid cases - 8

[Treyfish]

Jamaican health authorities are reporting that a patient who was being quarantined after returning home from China is now showing a "progression of symptoms" of the Coronavirus.

The patient had been quarantined as part of measures imposed by the Government late last month in response to the Coronavirus that has so far killed almost 1,000 people and infected thousands more in China.

At a press conference at the Health Ministry.....Bisasor McKenzie also reported that the patient has been tested and the results are expected in another two to three days.

At present two Jamaicans are in isolation, 12 quarantined in government facilities and 78 quarantined at home.
.':tiphat:http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...er-symptoms-progress-amid-coronavirus-concern

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/breaking-news-jamaica-records-first-case-of-coronavirus-disease/

...The patient is a Jamaican female who had travelled from the United Kingdom, which has cases of COVID-19. She arrived in the island on March 4, presented to the public health system on March 9, and has been in isolation since then...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/virus-latest-jamaica-caymans-sint-maarten-tt-ab/

Jamaica has confirmed six more cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

This pushes to eight the number of people so far tested positive for the virus. The first two were people who arrived from the United Kingdom....The other four new cases involve people with a travel history...