“We are talking about a man of 56 years old, a resident of the metropolitan region, who traveled to Europe and including visited the north of Italy,” the agency’s website said in a statement.
It is noted that the patient is in a normal state, he is kept under observation in his house.
On February 7, Chilean Minister of Health Jaime Manyalic announced that the Chilean authorities will declare a public emergency due to the threat of a new type of coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, appearing in the country.