Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday reported the first death of a patient who tested positive for the coronavirus
TIRASPOL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st March, 2020) Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday reported the first death of a patient who tested positive for the coronavirus.
"The positive COVID-19 result came back last night, after the woman died. Experts say the patient had diabetes and heart problems," the territory's coronavirus response center said in a statement.
The 55-year-old woman was hospitalized with double pneumonia the region's main city of Tiraspol and stayed in a ward with a man who then tested positive for COVID-19. She was transferred to an infectious disease hospital on Sunday and died the next day.
Health authorities are now waiting for test results of a 59-year-old woman who likewise died from double pneumonia while on ventilator support on Monday in the city of Slobozia, 7 miles southeast of Tiraspol. She also suffered from diabetes.
