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Copenhagen Airport Terminal Cordoned Off due to Coronavirus Suspicions - Reports

© AP Photo / Polfoto, Thorkild AmdiA man makes a phone call in Copenhagen International Airport in Kastrup
A man makes a phone call in Copenhagen International Airport in Kastrup  - Sputnik International
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A Chinese woman has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms from the Copenhagen airport, DR News reported, citing the airport's press service.

Copenhagen airport management has decided to partially close one of its terminals after a passenger from China was hospitalised with suspected coronavirus, according to the DR.

Media reports say only a small part of one of the airport's terminals has been closed.

"You can still easily be in terminal 3 and use most of the terminal. It is not like it is bothering the airport traffic", press manager at Copenhagen Airport Kenni Leth said as quoted by Politiken

According to the report, the patient is in hospital in high isolation and the relevant samples have been taken. The hospital will reportedly receive the results after a few hours.

The woman arrived in Copenhagen from China with a transfer at Helsinki Airport, the DR says. She was wearing a medical mask during the flight and while she was at the airport.

A woman wearing a face mask and goggles uses an escalator near Beijing Railway Station - Sputnik International
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