The Syrian Health Ministry has put a family of four in quarantine after the father tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local news site said on Wednesday.
The confirmed case was reported in the district of Kafr Batna in the eastern enclave of Damascus.
So far, 45 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Syria with three deaths and 127 recovered cases, according to the World Meters data group.
Bashar al-Assad warned on Monday of a “catastrophe” in war-battered Syria if the easing of lockdown measures against coronavirus is mishandled.
Assad said Syria was in a “transitional phase” from the lockdown but warned of grave economic challenges that would outlast confinement, AFP reported.
“In tandem with the health challenge, the other challenge during the coronavirus pandemic is the economic challenge,” Assad said.
With the pandemic, “citizens from different segments of society have been forced to choose between hunger and poverty… or illness”.
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