Family doctors , especially those from large Italian cities where international airports are located, equip themselves to deal with the possibility that Coronavirus (VIDEO) crosses borders . Information on the situation, description of the symptoms and epidemiological routes indicated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and by the Ministry of Health are transferred to general practitioners by the National Federation of Family Physicians (Fimmg). An alert has already been sent to the territorial white coats in Milan, and in the morning in Rome.
Virus China, tips for travelers
THE BUDGET OF THE DEAD IS GROWING IN CHINA - The new coronavirus has caused other victims in China: the cases ascertained across the country have exceeded 400 and the victims have increased from six to nine . There is a first case of contagion in Hong Kong. The patient is in solitary confinement in the hospital. The person arrived from Wuhan to Hong Kong by high-speed train. The new virus from the SARS family itself "can mutate and spread more easily", report the Chinese authorities. The World Health Organization has convened an emergency committee .
The Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the Sars-like virus outbreak, urged everyone to stay away , canceling an important Chinese New Year event in an attempt to contain the epidemic. The disease is spreading as hundreds of millions of people travel by train, plane and bus across China to reunite with friends and relatives for New Year's holidays, which starts on Friday. Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang urged residents not to leave the city and visitors to avoid it, in order to reduce the possibility of transmission.
The risk of importing cases of the new pneumonia virus into Europe has gone from "low" to "moderate", reports the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which has updated the first opinion with the latest data January 17.
Today at 2.30 pm the European Commission and the representatives of the Member States will meet by teleconference to discuss the latest developments, the measures already taken at national level and those that may have to be taken at European level.
U.S. health authorities are preparing to announce the first case of the new coronavirus in America, reports CNN. It would have been registered in Washington State, according to a federal source cited by CNN. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will announce the case in the next few hours, according to CNN, which cites a source outside the CDC. The New York Times also writes of a person in Washington State infected with the virus, the first confirmed case in the US. The patient, who had been hospitalized for pneumonia last week, had recently been to Wuhan, the Chinese city considered the epicenter of the spread of the virus.
The United States has a plan to contain the new Chinese coronavirus. "We have a plan and we think it will be managed very well. We have already managed it very well. The Disaster Control Center (CDC) is exceptional. Very professional ...", said US President Donald Trump speaking to on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The US media report it.
The iNFOGRAPHIC
The scientific director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Spallanzani in Rome, Giuseppe Ippolito says that "according to the latest information, 14 health workers have been affected by the new coronavirus". It is a fact that worries a lot, as there is a risk that epidemics may occur in hospitals, as already happened in 2002-2003 for Sars in some hospitals in Canada and Korea ".
Meanwhile, the Farnesina has invited Italian travelers to caution with a message on the 'Safe Travel' website managed by the Crisis Unit. In the update on 'Lung disease in Hubei' which bears today's date, the recommendations of the local and international health authorities (WHO) on the need to "avoid any contact with animals and people with respiratory diseases in the affected area.