The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.
Korean flight attendant who was in Israel, LA tests positive for coronavirus
A Korean Air flight attendant who recently visited Israel and the United States has tested positive for COVID-19, South Korean media reports.
The cabin crew member flew to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv aboard the flight that brought some 200 Korean pilgrims to Israel, many of whom were later confirmed to have the virus.
After leaving Israel on February 16, the flight attendant then flew to Los Angeles and back to Seoul’s Incheon Airport on February 21, before being diagnosed with coronavirus and entering quarantine, according to the wow.co.kr news website.
Iran deputy health minister has coronavirus
Iran’s deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official says, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
“The coronavirus test for Mr. Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on the front lines combating the coronavirus, was positive,” Alireza Vahabzadeh, a media adviser to the health minister, says in a tweet.
Iraj Harirchi coughed occasionally and appeared to be sweating during a press conference yesterday with government spokesman Ali Rabiei.
Iraj Harirchi, Iran's deputy health minister, went on TV yesterday (left) to insist the Iranian government was getting the #coronavirus outbreak under control.Today it was announced Harirchi himself has the virus. pic.twitter.com/dO0RgLyydk
Croatia reports first case of novel coronavirus in Balkans
Croatia’s prime minister announces his country’s first confirmed case of the new coronavirus, the first in the Balkans region.
“It has been confirmed that the first patient was infected with the COVID-19 virus,” Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says at a press conference at a hospital in Zagreb.
The patient is a young man “showing mild symptoms,” he adds.
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