Coronavirus Updates Jan. 27: German and Sri Lankan Health Authorities Confirm First Case of Novel Coronavirus

Coronavirus Updates Jan. 27: German and Sri Lankan Health Authorities Confirm First Case of Novel Coronavirus
Visitors wear protective masks as they tour the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China amid the coronavirus outbreak on Jan. 27, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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German and Sri Lankan Health Authorities Confirm First Case of Novel Coronavirus

Health authorities in Bavaria on Monday evening confirmed Germany’s first positive case of 2019-nCoV.

According to the infectious diseases task force of the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, the male patient from the district of Starnberg is clinically in “good condition” and is being monitored while in isolation.