In hospitalized patients with suspected coronavirus, the disease has not yet been identified

Baku / 03.02.20 / Turan: In Azerbaijan, two people were hospitalized with suspected coronavirus. They are placed in the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Clinical Medical Center No. 1, the  statement of the Ministry of Health.

One of the hospitalized is a citizen of the PRC, a student at Baku State University, who returned from the PRC on January 19. “However, the test results are negative, no virus has been detected. He has  no complains, and it is expected that she will be discharged on February 4, ”the Ministry of Health said.

The second hospitalized with suspected coronavirus is an Azerbaijani citizen studying in China. “He arrived in Baku on January 28. He also has no complaints, but until the end of the incubation period he will remain in the hospital,” the Ministry of Health noted.

The condition of those previously quarantined also remains normal; they arrived from China on January 30. On February 1, more Azerbaijani citizens were evacuated by Turkish aircraft to Ankara and placed under quarantine in the medical institution of this city.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan continues to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Food Safety Agency has banned the import of animals and animals (for the zoo), seafood and fish from countries at high risk of infection.

A list of food products through which the virus can be transmitted is also compiled, and control over the hunting of migrants and their use in food is strengthened.

The World Organization for Animal Health (OİE) and WHO have  concluded that "2019 novel coronovirus" (2019-nCoV) is of animal origin. –03D06-