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06:24 GMT
By Mohammad Al-Kanderi
KUWAIT, April 3 (KUNA) -- Director of Al-Amiri Hospital Dr. Ali Alalanda said on Friday postmortem examination of a deceased Indian, who died on Thursday, revealed that he had been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).
However, linking his death to the coronavirus infection will be determined by the World Health Organization, Dr. Alalanda said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The 60-year-old resident, whose corpse was brought to the hospital earlier today, had died due to a cardiac arrest, but the medical examination and a swab test, currently conducted in line with a recommendation by WHO, showed that he was infected with the coronavirus, Dr. Alalanda said.
The deceased neither had symptoms of the contagious disease nor visited any hospital recently, he said.
Instantly after registering this case, concerned personnel scrambled to take measures and examine persons who had been in contacted with the deceased. They also "completed quarantine of a building where he lived," the hospital director added.
This building had been quarantined due to discovering suspected coronavirus cases there.
Dr. Alalanda has affirmed the Ministry of Health transparency policy with respect of the disease, reiterating that the public will be informed about any fresh development concerning the pandemic. (end)
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