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Syria's northeast confirms first death from coronavirus: statement

Gulan Media April 17, 2020 News
Syria's northeast confirms first death from coronavirus: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northeastern Syria said it had recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, according to a statement on Friday in which it cited the World Health Organisation.

The administration said in the statement that a 53-year-old man had died at a hospital in Qamishli on April 2 and that a sample sent to Damascus for testing was later confirmed as positive.
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