(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Mexico confirms first case of new crown virus infection
China News Agency, Houston, February 28th. The Mexican Ministry of Health announced on the 28th that Mexico has confirmed the first case of coronavirus infection.
The Associated Press reported that Mexico ’s Deputy Minister of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez said at a press conference that day that Mexico had confirmed a total of 2 cases of New Coronavirus infection. One in Mexico City and one in Sinaloa in northern Mexico. Recently, the two traveled together to northern Italy and returned to Mexico last weekend. After testing by the Mexican health agency, the nucleic acid test results of the two patients were positive. At present, neither has severe symptoms.
Ramirez said the patient had contacted five family members in Mexico City after returning to Mexico. They have been transferred to the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico for isolation. Another patient was milder and had symptoms similar to a cold. Currently isolated at a hotel in Sinaloa.
According to the Mexican media's Proceso website, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has called for people to stay calm and prepare for the epidemic. He said people must resist the spread of rumors and misinformation. He also said that the traditional Mexican greetings of shaking hands, hugging and kissing must change. (Finish)