Slovenia Confirms First Case Of Novel Coronavirus - Health Ministry

BELGRADE (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th March, 2020) The first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Slovenia, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

"Today at 20:44 (19:44 GMT) we were notified of the first case of coronavirus. The patient returned from Morocco through Italy, he has currently been hospitalized to an infectious diseases clinic in Ljubljana," the ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday.

All possible contacts of the patient in Slovenia are being checked, it said.