The Greek health ministry on Thursday announced two new cases of COVID19 in the country, raising the number of patients taken ill with the virus to three, ANA reports.
One of the new cases is the child of the 38-year-old woman who first tested positive for the new coronavirus in Greece, and the second was a woman who had travelled to northern Italy and is currently being treated at a referral hospital in Athens.
The condition of all three cases infected by COVID19 is described as good and is being monitored by specialists.
The school of the child testing positive for COVID19 in Thessaloniki will stay closed for at least 14 days as a precaution.
A young woman from Athens, the third confirmed case of COVID19 in Greece, was on Thursday admitted to Attiko Hospital, one of the referral hospitals in the Greek capital.
The woman, who had also recently travelled to northern Italy, is reported to be in fairly good condition healthwise and will remain in a specially prepared negative pressure chamber at the hospital for treatment.
The authorities are tracking down the people that she came into contact with, including the passengers of the aeroplane and all the people she met following her arrival in Athens.
Greek Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias, who attended the press briefing, also announced that all carnival events in Greece are being cancelled and clarified that it is very important for the relatives and friends of those infected by the virus to be on the lookout for any suspicious symptom and immediately inform their doctor or the health services.
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