A 70-year-old man tested positive for the coronavirus in Switzerland's southern canton of Ticino, on the border with Italy, Swiss health authorities said on Tuesday, confirming their country's first case.
"The infected person was in Italy about ten days ago and participated in an event near Milan," the Swiss health ministry said in a statement.
Officials told a media conference it was not clear at which event the man had been infected. People he had been in contact with were currently being identified and put in quarantine for 14 days.