MACAO, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center of China's Macao Special Administrative Region government reported Sunday evening a newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, which was from Portugal.
A 26-year-old woman traveling from Porto of Portugal was diagnosed with the disease by Macao's hospital of Centro Hospitalar Conde de Sao Januario on Sunday afternoon and has been quarantined and treated in the hospital.
The patient, a Korean national who worked in Macao, arrived in Hong Kong from Porto on Friday, with a stopover in Dubai. She then arrived in Macao through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge early Saturday.
She had a sore throat and cough before she went to the hospital Sunday afternoon. Currently, the patient's clinical situation was considered normal, the center said.
Macao had not reported any COVID-19 cases for 40 consecutive days until Sunday. All the previous 10 confirmed COVID-19 infection cases had recovered and were discharged from hospital.
