Macao reports one imported case after nearly 40 days of zero infections

China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) said on Monday that one new coronavirus case had been identified.

The female Korean patient arrived in Macao on March 14 from Portugal via Dubai and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on March 13.

She was an employee in Macao and traveled with her boyfriend, who's now categorized as someone who had been in close contact.

They left Macao for Portugal on January 30.

According to Macao authorities, the patient had a sore throat and cough before she went to the hospital Sunday afternoon and her clinical situation is now considered normal.

Macao has not reported a single new case for nearly 40 days, and its last patient, the 10th one, was discharged ten days ago.

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