Last Updated on March 14, 2020, 8:41 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Reports have come from the side of Saint Lucia that the first case of coronavirus has shown itself in the country. The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is much feared.
This report has come from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sharon Belmar-George while she was speaking at a press conference on Friday.
According to the Chief Medical Officer, the first case of coronavirus in the country has come forward as a 63-year-old woman.
The woman is said to have arrived in Saint Lucia on March 7 with a group from the United Kingdom and on the same day, she had checked into a resort.
While she was at the resort, the woman, developed respiratory problems and went to a medical facility on March 11.
The name of the resort has not been specified.
The Chief Medical Officer further said that no other person in the group had shown any symptoms of the virus. Still, all of them are being monitored.
She remarked that none of the other persons who travelled with her had shown any signs and symptoms of the virus to date.
She said that no evidence of in-country transmission has been found until now.
Also that the persons who were in the company of the patient, have not shown any signs of the virus although they have been under screening.
She has informed that at present, the patient is in isolation at a medical facility, and the name of the facility was also not revealed.
The patient has a previous travel history which was also mentioned by the CMO.
She told that the patient had travelled from February 29 from Gatwick to Grenada in a flight of British Airways.
The patient came to Saint Lucia on March 7 after spending seven nights in Grenada. She came to Saint Lucia in a flight of the British Airways.
She also said that the Grenadan authorities have also been informed about it.
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