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3 cases at the quarantine hotel - 1 patient in Ioannina

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16 Jul 2020 / 12:38

CORFU. The Romanian who tested positive for coronavirus is now hospitalised at Ioannina University Hospital - There are 3 cases at Corfu quarantine hotel - False alarm with the Dutch national as the molecular test proved the first (quick) test showing him to be Covid positive to be false.

The 54-year-old Romanian - one of the recent coronavirus cases in Corfu - has been transferred to Ioannina University Hospital. His transfer to Ioannina was considered necessary as he had developed a high fever and cough and is now hospitalised in the Infectious Diseases Unit at Ioannina Hospital.

The patient had come into Greece at Promahonas, where he was tested for Covid and found to be positive. Contact tracing is being carried out as he had come with another group of tourists on a coach.

In addition to the Romanian patient now in Ioannina, five members of a Serbian family who were holidaying in Lefkada are also hospitalised there along with an elderly woman from Paramythia. Three cases are in quarantine in Corfu in the quarantine hotel.

The case of the Dutch national tested positive for coronavirus in Corfu has proved to be a false alarm. A second test - molecular this time - was carried out and was negative.