This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a joint statement by the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan and the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance.
“According to information transmitted from the clinical medical center to the Ministry of Health, on February 24, two people were taken to the infectious diseases ward. These are respectively the citizens of Azerbaijan and Iran, ”the report said.
It is noted that they arrived in Azerbaijan from the Iranian region, where the distribution of coronavirus was not recorded, at entry their temperature was slightly higher than normal, there were no contacts with any of the patients.
According to the infectious disease department, at the moment the temperature of the patients is normal, there are no health problems, medical supervision continues.
Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Yerevan will close the border with neighboring Iran for two weeks due to the spread of the coronavirus.
On February 22, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the number of infected COVID-19 outside of China reached 1402.