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| First coronavirus patient dies in Russia: Elderly woman with underlying medical conditions | First coronavirus patient dies in Russia: Elderly woman with underlying medical conditions |
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| A 79-year-old woman, with numerous underlying health conditions, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 has died in an infectious disease hospital in Moscow, the agency for monitoring the situation with the disease reports. | A 79-year-old woman, with numerous underlying health conditions, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 has died in an infectious disease hospital in Moscow, the agency for monitoring the situation with the disease reports. |
| The cause of death was pneumonia against the background of other very severe health problems, including type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis among other things. | The cause of death was pneumonia against the background of other very severe health problems, including type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis among other things. |
| According to Moscow daily Moskovsky Komsomolets her name was Valentina Zubareva, a professor who still lectured at the Gubkin Oil and Gas University in the Russian capital. She was still delivering lessons up until last week. | |
| Zubareva was hospitalized in a private clinic last Friday, but then transferred to an infectious disease hospital several days later. | |
| Her coronavirus test returned positive, and she was placed in isolation and given intensive care treatment due to respiratory failure. | |
| Health authorities have compiled a list of people who recently came into contact with Zubareva. They have all been placed under medical supervision, but none have so far showed any severe symptoms of the disease. | |
| This is the first death of a coronavirus patient in Russia where 147 people have so far been infected, according to official testing figures. | This is the first death of a coronavirus patient in Russia where 147 people have so far been infected, according to official testing figures. |
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