First virus cases reported confirmed in Austria

Austrian public broadcaster ORF reports that authorities have confirmed the first COVID-19 cases in the Alpine country.

ORF quotes authorities in the western state of Tyrol saying that one of the two confirmed cases involves a person from northern Italy. It isn’t immediately clear whether the individual recently traveled there.

ORF reports that the patients currently have a slight fever and are being isolated at an Innsbruck hospital.

— AP

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