Spain confirms 2nd coronavirus case, fourth UK case confirmed
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Spain has confirmed its second case of the new virus from China and a plane evacuating more than 200 people from the Chinese city at the center of the epidemic landed Sunday in Britain.
Spain’s National Microbiology Center said Sunday the coronavirus case was detected in Mallorca, a popular vacation island in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Spanish Health Ministry said the person was one of four suspicious cases admitted last Friday to the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca. The other three tested negative. The Health Ministry said further details would be released at a news conference later Sunday.
Spain’s first virus case was a German tourist diagnosed a week ago in the Canary Islands off northwest Africa.
Europe has seen a total of 38 infections in nine countries, with including 14 in Germany.
In the new British case, another patient has tested positive for coronavirus in England, bringing the total number of UK cases to four, the chief medical officer has said.
Professor Chris Whitty said the new case is a known contact of a previously confirmed UK case and the virus was passed on in France.
He said: “Experts at Public Health England continue to work hard tracing patient contacts from the UK cases. They successfully identified this individual and ensured the appropriate support was provided.
