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This Article is From Mar 08, 2020

Argentine Health Ministry Reports First Country’s Covid-19 Death

(Bloomberg) -- A Buenos Aires resident diagnosed with Covid-19 died today, Argentina's Health Ministry said in a statement.

The 64-year-old had several underlying conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis and poor kidney function, the ministry said. The patient returned from a trip to Europe on Feb. 25 and started experiencing symptoms three days later.

Health authorities are investigating to determine with whom the patient came in close contact.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Silver in New York at jsilver@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Polina Noskova at pnoskova@bloomberg.net

©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

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