Coronavirus, negative first case Sardinia

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI, JAN 31 - The first suspected case of coronavirus reported in Sardinia is negative. It is a citizen who has just returned from a trip to China. The analyzes carried out immediately - explains the regional health councilor, MarioNieddu - have led to exclude the presence of the virus.
"We activated the crisis unit following the report of the case of a person who has manifested symptoms compatible with a flu status upon returning from a trip to China - the commissioner affirms - a suspicion that since the first investigations has been weak, but on which we intervened immediately to exclude any risk. The response was immediate and all the procedures indicated by the Ministry were applied, as we have foreseen in recent days. Specific tests are present in Sardinia and this allowed us to quickly exclude the presence in a scientific way of a coronavirus infection. The emergency machine works and we are ready for any eventuality ".