Via Repubblica.it in Florence, a Google translated report: Tuscany, a new SARS case of the first in Italy, "in good condition". Excerpt:
There is a first case of a new coronavirus, also known as New Sars, in Italy is in Tuscany. This is confirmed by the Ministry of Health.
The patient, a stranger of 45 years who lives long in Florence, was recently in Jordan. His condition is still described as "good." The reporting of the case came just from Tuscany. The patient is now in isolation and in good condition Careggi Hospital, the largest hospital in Florence.
"The patient was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases directed by Professor Alessandro Bartoloni - said the Regional Minister for Health Louis Brown - arrived Tuesday and were performed tests that confirmed today the positive to the virus."
So he set in motion the procedure to the ministry, Tuscany has triggered a crisis unit and "is also taken surveillance for people who have found themselves in close contact with the patient," said the commissioner.
The man lives in a house together with another family. The symptoms were those who had flu and breathing. According to preliminary information, it would be a case of 'imported': the man who lives in Italy, had recently been in Jordan for 40 days, where one of his sons seems to suffer from a flu unspecified.
The patient on admission had a high fever, cough and signs of respiratory failure. Confirmation of diagnosis was made by the Institute of Health - Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated.
It is a new virus similar to SARS, and resulting in 49 cases and 30 deaths among the Middle East and Europe (one fatal case in France, other non-fatal accidents in the United Kingdom and Denmark.)
