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Dominica has recorded two additional cases of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced.<\/p>

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He said health authorities acted swiftly to isolate two cruise ship workers who tested positive after sailing into the country aboard a repatriation vessel on May 27.<\/p>\n

Out of 37 passengers who disembarked, all were tested and placed in mandatory quarantine but the results of two individuals emerged positive.<\/p>

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The two nationals are asymptomatic and have been placed in isolation.<\/p>

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Skerrit said they did not come into contact with family.<\/p>\n

This brings the total number of people to contract coronavirus in Dominica to 18, days after the country declared that all patients had recovered .<\/p>

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