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7. Rhode Island health officials confirm first case

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Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:08 PM

Mar 2020

The case involves a person in their 40s who traveled to Italy in mid-February
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated March 1, 2020, 9:48 a.m.

PROVIDENCE -- A person in their 40s who traveled to Italy in mid-February has the first “presumptive positive” case of coronavirus in Rhode Island, the state Department of Health announced Sunday morning.

State health officials said they are coordinating closely with the hospital where the person is being treated and all infection control protocols are being followed to try to prevent the spread of the virus, also known as COVID-19. Officials did not release the name of the person or the hospital.

The patient has had limited travel in Rhode Island since returning from Italy, officials said, and also had not gone back to work ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/01/metro/health-department-reports-first-case-coronavirus-rhode-island/

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