Suspected coronavirus cases identified in Portugal

Two suspected case of the Coronavirus has been confirmed by the Portuguese Health Board.





The patients, both male and aged 40 and 44, were referred to Lisbon’s Curry Cabral Hospital, where further samples will now be collected for additional analysis.

Two other suspected cases, one in Lisbon and the other in Porto, were previously ruled out after tests proved negative. The virus has already claimed close to 500 lives and infected more than 20,000 people in at least 25 countries.