It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the head of the Latin American state.
It is clarified that Jammatei found out about this right during a press conference, which he interrupted due to a phone call.
“I am forced to interrupt. This is a call that I did not want to receive. The patient is a Guatemalan citizen who arrived from Italy yesterday with his family ... Now this is official, we have the first case, ”he said.
Venezuelan authorities previously reported the first two cases of coronavirus infection with COVID-19 in the country.
On March 11, the World Health Organization announced a pandemic of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the world.