It is noted that the fifth case was discovered in the federal state of Bavaria.

The Bavarian Ministry of Health has recommended that all hospitals in this land prepare to receive patients suspected of 2019-nCoV.

Conte previously said that Italy has confirmed the first two cases of infection with the new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, editor-in-chief of the journal “Issues of Virology” and director of the Research Institute of Virology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Dmitry Lvov, in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today” noted that coronavirus is not spreading as fast as the flu virus.