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"From the tests we have done we can assure you that you have not developed the antibodies to the virus and therefore have not had it ." This Saturday afternoon, the Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri , confirmed that what the Italian authorities had considered as the source of the focus, never was. The so-called 'patient 0' , the manager who traveled to China and allegedly transmitted the virus to 'patient 1', was never infected.

Not knowing who the patient is zero obviously explains everything from the point of view of the spread of the infection. It is now one of the main concerns of the Italian Government, knowing the origin of this focus , since it is strange that all initial infections are caused by the case of a 38-year-old Italian who at first was believed to have been infected when having dinner with a friend who had been in China and had returned from this country on January 21. "He is not the starting point of the coronavirus. That hypothesis was a mistake," they said from the Higher Institute of Health

However, Sileri confirmed that the alleged "zero patient" who would have infected his friend after returning from China never had the virus . How did the coronavirus then arrive in Italy? It is known how it spread, but the origin is unknown.

The authorities do continue to believe that 'patient 1' , the 38-year-old man who remains in serious condition at Codogno hospital was the one who spread the virus through the region by traveling to different locations to play marathons and football matches and maintain a active social life from February 1 to 15 of the same month when he presented the first symptoms.

The 'patient 1' extended it, but who infected it?

During this Saturday the authorities explained and confirmed that the first six cases were those that had contact with the so-called 'patient 1' , the 38-year-old man from Codogno, in the province of Lodi. Among these first infected is his wife , eight months pregnant; a friend with whom he went running, the father of the latter , as they have rebuilt from the region of Lombardy.

In fact, the virus reached this Saturday Milan , located about 60 kilometers away from Codogno, and Turin, in the neighboring region of Piemonte. According to Italian media, the patient of the latter would have participated with the 'patient 1' in a marathon in Portofino on February 2, a day after attending a dinner with some coworkers in which it is hypothesized could start the outbreak in Italy.

But in addition to contagion in Lombardy, cases in Veneto that have not had any contact with this person remain to be resolved .

Even the World Health Organization recognizes that contagions in Italy have become all "a mystery . " "What worries about the Italian situation is that not all registered cases seem to have a clear epidemiological history, that is, a link to travel to China or contacts with other confirmed cases," said Hans Kluge , director of the WHO in Europe.

An outbreak that not only worries about the origin but the speed at which it is expanding . In fact, the Italian Executive has approved extraordinary measures to contain the spread of cases of coronaviruses in the north of the country that have caused two deaths and already reach more than 100 infected, such as the prohibition of entry and exit in 11 locations considered epicenter of the epidemic and where some 50,000 people live, as well as the sending of the Armed Forces so that containment measures are met.

Italian media have reported that a small Chinese community is being investigated in the village of Vo 'Euganeo , where the first victim comes from, a 78-year-old man who died this Saturday morning and had no contact. with the Lombardy outbreak. This retiree had been admitted to the Schiavonia hospital for 10 days with symptoms reminiscent of a strong flu. On Wednesday his conditions worsened and doctors underwent coronavirus tests with another patient from the same town, 67, who was recovering. The result was positive.

Both patients frequented the same bars , which are now closed by order of the City Council. They usually went there to play cards, but never traveled to China. Who then infected Adriano Trevisan, 78, the first coronavirus death in Italy if he was never in contact with the Codogno outbreak and never traveled to China? According to Corriere della Sera , on February 9, the man goes to one of these bars to watch the Inter-Milan match along with eight Chinese, of which two of them had just returned from China. However, the other man was never in contact with them.

Given this picture, WHO expressed concern about the rate of expansion of the epidemic. "We have seen a very rapid increase (in cases) in a few days," said Sylvie Briand, director of the WHO Global Preparedness for Infectious Risks department. Obviously, without the origin of infections, it is even harder to decide what to do to contain the virus.

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