In a statement, the Directorate General for Health (DGS), announced that “the eighth suspected case of infection of Cornoavirus in Portugal was referred to the Curry Cabral Hospital in Lisbon” and biological samples were found to be negative.

The DGS had announced on Sunday the existence of two new suspected cases of infection of the Coronavirus in Portugal.

The results of the second case (the ninth in Portugal) are yet to be revealed by the authorities.