25 Feb, 2020 @ 21:48
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BREAKING: Confirmed coronavirus case in Spain’s Valencia region while wife of Italian doctor also tests positive in Tenerife

Breaking news at The Olive Press

AN individual has tested positive for the coronavirus in the Valenciana Community in eastern Spain. 

Health officials have confirmed that the patient has been isolated at a hospital in Castellon.

Samples from the person have been sent to the national microbiology centre in Madrid, in line with protocol.

Meanwhile, El Mundo reports that the wife of the Italian doctor who tested positive in Tenerife has also been infected.

It comes as two more patients have been isolated in Sevilla and Cadiz while they await their test results.

More to follow…

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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