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"There is no alarm to create a parallel system" for managing the Chinese coronavirus. First aid services will apply the same protocols put in place for swine flu and Sars. "

The words of Giuseppe Ippolito, scientific director of the Imi Spallanzani of Rome, reassured in a press conference in Rome while the psychosis of the "Chinese virus" spreads throughout the world. Pending final confirmation that the suspected case reported yesterday in Bari is not Wuhan's dreaded coronavirus, Spallanzani's managers illustrated the prevention strategies implemented in our country.

Spallanzani: "No alarm"
No alarm for the virus imported from China, which for now shows a lower transmission rate than that of measles or flu, said Spallanzani's scientific director Giuseppe Ippolito.

"Until now the virus shows a probability of transmission if it comes in contact with an infected person similar to that of influenza, less than measles - he explained -. As for the risk that there is an incoming patient who it can infect others, the risk if there are no symptoms in flight is very low, practically zero. In addition, we were the first to activate the controls, and our operators are among the best in the world ".

Excluding hypothesis that virus comes from snakes
For coronavirus "transmission through snakes has been denied by the prestigious scientific journal Nature, and beaten tonight by international agencies," said Hippolytus again.