The minister of health and social affairs, Ekaterine Tikaradze, announced that a Georgian national who returned from Iran via Azerbaijan on Tuesday had contracted the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n
Urging calm, Tikaradze said border staff who inspected the infected man at the border gate were also taken to the hospital for medical check.<\/p>\n
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has sounded global alarms, with China, the epicenter of an outbreak, reporting around 2,700 deaths and health experts grappling to find a cure.<\/p>\n
Outside mainland China, the virus has spread to more than 30 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Singapore, France, Russia, Spain and India.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak an international health emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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