BEIRUT (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th March, 2020) The Syrian Health Ministry confirmed on Sunday the country's first death from the new coronavirus, state media reported.
A woman died in a hospital soon after being admitted as an emergency patient, the SANA news agency cited the ministry as saying. Her test for COVID-19 came back positive.
The war-torn country has five confirmed virus cases. The authorities imposed a nationwide curfew on Wednesday, closing public spaces and shutting land borders, and will suspend travel between provinces for two weeks starting Tuesday.
