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Sunday, February 2, 2020
Israeli woman hospitalized, feared to be carrying coronavirus
A 55-year-old woman from the Golan Heights has been hospitalized in northern Israel after displaying flu-like symptoms. Doctors are examining the possibility she could be carrying the coronavirus that has rapidly spread through China.
The woman returned from China 10 days ago, reports say.
She is hospitalized in the Poriya hospital in Tiberias, where doctors say they are examining the possibility she may have contracted the new virus.