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The Public Health Agency of Catalonia is investigating a possible case of coronavirus in the region. The patient meets the clinical and epidemiological criteria that make the infection suspect, according to sources from the Generalitat.

This is a 33-year-old male from the Chinese city of Wuhan (the epicenter of the epidemic) who has developed symptoms compatible with the infection. He has already been transferred to a hospital.

Laboratory tests will rule out or confirm in the next few hours if you suffer from the disease.

The procedure follows the action protocol that was approved yesterday following the guidelines set by the World Health Organization.

This same morning, the health authorities of the Valencian Community have ruled out the possible case of coronavirus in a person who entered yesterday in the Hospital of Torrevieja (Alicante), since it has been proven "one hundred percent" that the patient did not meet the Epidemiological criteria to be a suspicious case, sources from the hospital have confirmed to Europa Press.

On the afternoon of Monday, a person of Icelandic nationality with respiratory difficulties and who had recently returned from China entered the center. A relative was also admitted to the suspicion and underwent tests but, as confirmed by the General Directorate of Public Health, nor would he have had to apply the protocol , since it has been proven that it is a person who did not travel to The affected area in China. Therefore, by not meeting the criteria, the suspicion of contagion has been ruled out.

The symptoms of the Chinese coronavirus, or Wuhan pneumonia, are fever and fatigue, accompanied by dry cough and, in many cases, dyspnea (shortness of breath).

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