<p>Colombia declared its first case of novel coronavirus on Friday after a 19-year-old woman arriving from Italy tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.</p>.<p>The woman "presented with symptoms and went to the health services where samples were taken for analysis. The National Institute of Health confirmed positive test results," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>The woman arrived in the Colombian capital on February 26 from Milan, where she was studying, Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez said on Twitter.</p>.<p>The student was treated on March 2 at a Bogota clinic.</p>.<p>"We will follow protocol and the agreed treatment," wrote Lopez, calling for "calm, zero panic."</p>.<p>Coronavirus cases topped 100,000 worldwide across more than 90 countries on Friday, and has killed more than 3,450 people.</p>.<p>Colombia is one of only a handful of Latin American countries to confirm cases to date, the others being Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Ecuador.</p>.<p>Up to now no deaths have been reported in the region.</p>
<p>Colombia declared its first case of novel coronavirus on Friday after a 19-year-old woman arriving from Italy tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.</p>.<p>The woman "presented with symptoms and went to the health services where samples were taken for analysis. The National Institute of Health confirmed positive test results," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>The woman arrived in the Colombian capital on February 26 from Milan, where she was studying, Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez said on Twitter.</p>.<p>The student was treated on March 2 at a Bogota clinic.</p>.<p>"We will follow protocol and the agreed treatment," wrote Lopez, calling for "calm, zero panic."</p>.<p>Coronavirus cases topped 100,000 worldwide across more than 90 countries on Friday, and has killed more than 3,450 people.</p>.<p>Colombia is one of only a handful of Latin American countries to confirm cases to date, the others being Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Ecuador.</p>.<p>Up to now no deaths have been reported in the region.</p>