(Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates reported the first cases of the novel coronavirus in the Middle East on Wednesday.
The disease was diagnosed in a four-member Chinese family that had arrived from Wuhan city, state-run WAM news agency reported, citing the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
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“All family members are in a stable condition and the situation was contained by following the most necessary precautionary measures adopted globally when dealing with infected cases,” it said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Farah Elbahrawy in Dubai at felbahrawy@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net, Abbas Al Lawati, Paul Abelsky
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