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COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary Islands

COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary Islands

Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the Canary Islands

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Canary Islands on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist was tested positive in La Gomera.[2][3][4] The second confirmed case of the disease in the islands was found on 24 February, following the outbreak in Italy, when a medical doctor from Lombardy, Italy who was vacationing in Tenerife was tested positive for the disease.[5][6][7] Afterwards, multiple cases were detected in Tenerife involving people who had come into contact with the same doctor.[7]

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    "Canary Islands COVID-19 Tracker". Bing. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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    Linde, Pablo (31 January 2020). "Sanidad confirma en La Gomera el primer caso de coronavirus en España". El Pais (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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    Sanidad, Ministerio de (31 January 2020). "El Centro Nacional de Microbiología ha confirmado, pasadas las diez de esta noche, que una de las muestras enviadas desde La Gomera ha dado positivo en #coronaviruspic.twitter.com/B21LojPzZD". @sanidadgob (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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    "Coronavirus, positivi due italiani a Tenerife. Mille persone nell'hotel in quarantena". la Repubblica (in Italian). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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    "Sanidad confirma el primer positivo por coronavirus en Valencia". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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