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The WHO Emergency Committee is meeting to discuss whether or not to declare the international alert for the outbreak of coronavirus in China. If this occurs, that declaration would not modify the sanitary protocols that have already been put in place, but it would imply complementary measures, most likely the restriction of movements to the most affected areas.

Its opinion will come after the Health Commission of China has raised this Thursday to 170 the dead by the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country and a total of 7,711 confirmed cases , distributed in 31 Chinese provinces. The authorities suspect that a total of 4,148 people could be affected, although the total number of suspected cases of coronavirus amounts to 12,167 people .

First case of local infection in the United States

The health authorities of the United States have confirmed this afternoon that there has been the first case of infection among people of the Wuhan coronavirus in their territory. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that it is a man from Chicago whose wife traveled to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. She was diagnosed with the disease upon returning to the United States. This Thursday it has been confirmed that he also suffers from it.

The Spanish, in the absence of Chinese permission to leave

"We have been in the first check for hours. The seal of the Chinese authorities to go to the airport takes time to arrive. Inside the bus, some get impatient. Others have fallen asleep. There is more and more silence. It is getting colder. Many they are worried about being so many people locked up in the same place because of the possibility of contagion. Both on the bus and then on the plane. Others pray not to give fever in temperature controls, which would mean staying on land. " Information on the evacuation sent by Wuhan the special envoy of THE WORLD, Lucas de la Cal.

Discarded the contagion of a man in Malaga

The 52-year-old man who is admitted in solitary confinement at the Regional Hospital of Malaga has not been infected by the Chinese coronavirus , according to the analysis of the National Center for Microbiology. This is a businessman who was in the Asian country on a business trip. The tests that have been done according to the established protocol have confirmed that he suffers from influenza B.

Possible cases aboard a cruise ship are negative

The first analyzes to detect if a couple traveling on a cruise ship have been infected by the coronavirus have been negative, according to the Italian Ministry of Health, which, despite everything, warns that we will have to wait for the final tests.

The notice about the presence of this couple had blocked the boat with 7,000 people on board at the port of Civitavecchia , near Rome. The Emerald Coast of the Costa Cruises group had sailed from Savona , in northern Italy, and then made a stop in Marseille, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca before reaching Civitavecchia.

The 54-year-old woman remains isolated with her husband, who does not seem to have any symptoms, but who have also been tested. The Spanish authorities have confirmed that he did not get off the ship in Palma de Mallorca. In a statement, Costa Cruises has stressed that its priority is "to guarantee the health and safety of guests and the crew" and that "it would strictly comply" with the regulations of the health authorities.

Chinese war against picaresque

With the entire international community pending its management of the crisis, the Chinese authorities have launched a campaign against crimes related to this outbreak. So far they have confirmed arrests for manufacturing and selling counterfeit masks, for raising their prices taking advantage of demand and for obstructing efforts to curb contagion.

Air France suspends all its flights to China

The airline Air France cancels all its regular flights to China until next February 9. The airline already suspended trips to Wuhan on January 22. In a statement, Air France has added that it will charter "special flights" to and from Shanghai and Beijing as of Thursday to guarantee the return of its customers and employees.

The Spaniards of Wuhan, heading to the airport

Eight cars transfer the Spaniards who remained in Wuhan to the airport. They have been managed by Manuel Vela, who is part of the Wuhan Zall coaches team. "The nightmare is over," his wife, who is also in the group, told EFE. When they arrive at the airport, they will have to pass the medical tests of the Chinese health authorities before embarking to our country.

Health insulates and enters five people in La Gomera

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has reported on Thursday that the General Directorate of Public Health is studying five people who lived in the same house of which two have been in contact with a patient diagnosed with a coronavirus infection in Germany.

All have been transferred to the Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, in La Gomera, the island where they were, and will remain admitted and isolated until the results of the analysis are obtained.

These people were located on the afternoon of Wednesday once the Ministry was alerted by the Ministry of Health that in the Canary Islands there were two people who had been in contact in Germany with a patient diagnosed with coronavirus. The corresponding protocol was then activated.

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