Cuba has announced its first three cases of the new coronavirus. An official statement read Wednesday on state television's evening news says all three are Italian tourists who developed symptoms while in the city of Trinidad and have tested positive for the virus that causes the disease. It says the three are out of danger. The statement from Cuba's Ministry of Health says a fourth Italian tourist also showed symptoms but tested negative. The ministry says the patients have been transferred to the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine in Havana.-AP

Source: The Standard March 12, 2020 06:00 UTC