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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 a blot clot against the background of very severe health problems, including type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis among other things. These were compounded by her coronavirus diagnosis. | |
| According to Moscow daily Moskovsky Komsomolets her name was Valentina Zubareva, a professor who lectured at the Gubkin Oil and Gas University in the Russian capital. She was still delivering lessons up until last week. The University refused to confirm the story, with its press service saying it had received no information about the case. | According to Moscow daily Moskovsky Komsomolets her name was Valentina Zubareva, a professor who lectured at the Gubkin Oil and Gas University in the Russian capital. She was still delivering lessons up until last week. The University refused to confirm the story, with its press service saying it had received no information about the case. |
| The patient was hospitalized in a private clinic last Friday, but then transferred to an infectious disease hospital several days later. | The patient 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. | 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 the woman. They have all been placed under medical supervision, but none have so far showed any severe symptoms of the disease. | Health authorities have compiled a list of people who recently came into contact with the woman. 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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