The 61-year-old man, who had stayed in Italy, becomes the first case of coronavirus contamination in Latin America.

A first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Brazil, the Minister of Health announced on Wednesday on a patient from Sao Paulo who stayed in Italy and who is also the first case for Latin America.

"We have confirmation of a positive case", said at a press conference Luiz Henrique Mandetta about the 61-year-old man, who becomes the first case of contamination in Latin America, so far spared by the epidemic from China.