Chinese tourist isolated in Yerevan appears not to have symptoms of coronavirus infection

January 29, 2020  17:21

Armenian health ministry said two Chinese citizens, who have been isolated in Yerevan, appeared not to have symptoms of coronavirus infection. They do not have fever, headache or cough. Pneumonia was not diagnosed during an X-ray examination, the ministry said.

As reported earlier, two Chinese citizens were isolated in Yerevan as one of them had a fever. Before arriving in Yerevan, both Chinese spent about two weeks in Georgia.

By the way, Armenia has not yet had lab tests to diagnose a coronavirus, however, if it is suspected, biological samples can be sent to laboratories in other countries. Armenia is expected to get the tests within 10 days.

A total of 132 people have already died of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV in China, while the total number of cases is about 6,000.

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