Officials reported Wednesday that a Brazilian man who recently visited Lombardy, the epicenter of Italy’s outbreak, tested positive. Algeria reported Tuesday night that an Italian man who traveled to the north African country this month as its first case. ADIn Europe, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania registered their first confirmed virus cases Wednesday, also involving people who recently traveled to or from Italy’s afflicted north. The first cases reported in Austria, Croatia and Switzerland on Tuesday also had travel ties to northern Italy. Doctors and nurses are “the front-line heroes” of the response, Kluge said at a news conference with the Italian health minister at his side.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2020 12:45 UTC