Preliminary results show five more Coronavirus cases in Jamaica
Published:Monday | March 16, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Preliminary results have indicated five additional coronavirus cases in Jamaica.
This would move to 15, the number of cases here.
In a statement, the Health Ministry said two of the cases are linked to a patient who travelled from the United Kingdom.
The third patient has a travel history to Trinidad and Tobago and was on the same flight as a confirmed case.
The fourth patient is an American child who travelled through Miami.
The third and fourth patients are from western Jamaica.
The fifth case is a Kingston patient with no travel history, but who recently hosted visitors from the United Kingdom.
In the meantime, the Health Ministry says two other tests returned negative results.
They involve a patient in isolation at the Mandeville Regional Hospital and another at the St Ann's Bay Hospital.
The ministry says it is awaiting the confirmatory results of these tests.
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