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January 28, 2020 The fourth case of coronavirus infection in France has been confirmed. This was reported by BfmTv which classifies as "serious" the situation of the patient who represents the fourth infected citizen on French soil. It is an elderly Chinese tourist who is now hospitalized in resuscitation. confirmation came from the Director General of the French Ministry of Health, Jérôme Salomon.

The virus continues to kill
The deaths of the new coronavirus rise to 106. The number of new cases of infections has risen to 4,515 and there are almost 7,000 suspected cases awaiting confirmation. President Xi admits "Let's fight a demon". Schools and universities closed until further notice. The Foreign Ministry's Crisis Unit works on an airlift for the Italians left in China. Alert in New York for five suspected cases. In Germany, the first case of a Coronavirus patient infected by contact with a Chinese host. In Japan, a man was infected by Chinese tourists from Wuhan. Hong Kong blocks trains and ferries to China. Minister Speranza: "International coordination is needed".

Get the French out of China
250 French citizens will be transported on the first flight organized through the EU civil protection mechanism to repatriate European citizens from the Wuhan area and over 100 EU citizens from other countries will be on the second plane. The European Commission communicates this in a note. "This is a first request for assistance and others may follow in the coming days. At this stage, only healthy or asymptomatic citizens will be allowed to travel. The EU Emergency Response Center is in constant contact with the governments of the Member States to coordinate arrivals and subsequent possible quarantine periods. The European Commission is in regular contact with the Member States, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization on all aspects of the epidemic coronavirus ".

A suspect case under control in Pistoia
"At the moment the only suspected case of infection in Tuscany is fully under control from a health point of view. We are awaiting the outcome of the examinations from the specialized center, which the Company will communicate as soon as it becomes aware of it". This is what the ASL in the center of Tuscany reports about the suspected coronavirus case for a 53-year-old Chinese tourist, originally from the province of Hubei, hospitalized yesterday at the San Jacopo hospital in Pistoia, in solitary confinement in the disease department infectious.

Minister Speranza meets the Chinese ambassador
Health Minister Roberto Speranza attended the meeting of the Health Commission of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces on the management of coronavirus prevention activities (2019-nCoV) today. "The maximum coordination between institutions is fundamental on this matter," said the Minister. In the late afternoon, the minister received the Chinese Ambassador to Italy, Li Ruiyu, at the Ministry of Health headquarters.

The US works on the vaccine
U.S. health authorities are attempting to develop a coronavirus vaccine that originated in China. Official sources said so. "We have already started, together with several of our collaborators," said Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes for Health. It is a long and uncertain process, explained Fauci, "but we are proceeding as if we were to produce a vaccine. In other words, we are considering the worst case scenario, that is, that further spread occurs".

Transmission of the virus also by contact
The Chinese health authorities say that the transmission takes place mainly by air, but also through contact. This information was revealed in a health plan for the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, published today by the Chinese National Health Commission. Compared to the previous version, the plan adds three epidemiological characteristics of the virus, stating that the main source of infection at the moment is people who are themselves infected with the virus.

Flights from China only to Fiumicino and Malpensa
It was decided to direct any private flights arriving from China to the Ciampino airport to the Rome Fiumicino airport. Steps are being taken to extend the same measure to other Italian airports and to allow flights from China to land only in Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa.

9 suspected cases in New York
In New York, the alert is highest. The hospitals of the metropolis are mobilized to prevent a possible spread of the epidemic, with tight controls on all the patients who have recently been to Wuhan. Currently, nine suspect cases have been investigated across New York state, two of which are in the city: four were negative, while the other five are awaiting response.

High global risk
The World Health Organization admitted the error and said that the global risk from Chinese coronavirus is "high", not "moderate" as it had written in the latest reports. In the most recent one, in fact, the UN body detects a risk "very high in China, high at a regional level and high at a global level". In a note he added that in the communications of the previous days it had been said "incorrectly" that the risk was "moderate", said spokeswoman Fadela Chaib. The WHO does not recommend the evacuation of citizens of other countries from China and calls on the international community to "remain calm and not overreact".

A case in Germany
There is a first confirmed case of Chinese coronavirus in Germany in the southeastern state of Bavaria. The Bavarian Ministry of Health announced this. The German patient would have been infected by a person who had no symptoms of the disease, explained the director of the Taskforce of Infeziology, Martin Hoch, in Munich.

10 million from Bill Gates
Meanwhile, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to donate $ 10 million to the fight against the new coronavirus. The American millionaire announced it. Half of the figure will go to China, the other half to Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The sum will be spent" to help first-line rescuers in China and Africa contain the spread of the new virus, "is written in a statement from the foundation.