Dominican Republic, France report Caribbean virus cases

Health officials in the Dominican Republic and France on Sunday reported the first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean, while British cruise ship passengers who had been trapped at sea due to virus fears were finally set to come home. Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said a 62-year-old Italian man had arrived in the country on Feb. 22 without showing symptoms. France, meanwhile, reported a case on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, the first in one of France's overseas territories.

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