Dominican Republic, France report Caribbean virus cases

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Source: AP

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France on Sunday reported the first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean, while British cruise ship passengers who had been trapped at sea due to virus fears were finally set to come home.

Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said a 62-year-old Italian man had arrived in the country on Feb. 22 without showing symptoms. He was being treated in isolation at a military hospital and “has not shown serious complications.”

France, meanwhile, reported a case on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, the first in one of France's overseas territories.

The announcements came shortly before the Braemar cruise ship, which had been denied entry to the Dominican Republic due to the virus fears, at last found a place to dock — the Dutch terrritory of St. Maarten.

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[KY_EnviroGuy]

1. Best of luck to both DR and Haiti, two highly vulnerable nations.

Another instance of the excessively globalized social and economic realms backfiring on the world's people.

Time to boot up contributions to some international emergency health organizations. That's insurance for the USA.