Brazil Investigates Possible First Coronavirus Case in South America

Brazil Investigates Possible First Coronavirus Case in South America
Brazilian citizens coming from the Chinese city of Wuhan land and disembark at the Air Force base of Anapolis, State of Goias, Brazil, on Feb. 9, 2020. Andressa Anholete / Getty Images
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Authorities are investigating a case of suspected coronavirus in Brazil that, if confirmed, would be the first known COVID-19 case in the country as well as in South America.

In a lengthy statement late Tuesday, Brazil’s Ministry of Health said that a man in Brazil is being tested for COVID-19 after he traveled alone to Lombardy in Italy’s north for work between Feb. 9 and Feb 21.
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