Ukraine has its first confirmed coronavirus case, Ihor Kuzin, the acting head of the health ministry's public health centre, told Reuters.

The man was hospitalised on Saturday in the western city of Chernivtsi. He had travelled to Ukraine from Italy via Romania, Kuzin said.

The man was in a stable condition and his wife has put herself in self-isolation at home, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko told reporters at a subsequent briefing.

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