Severe acute respiratory syndrome

A new mother from a refugee camp in Ritsona, northeast of the Greek capital, tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Migration Ministry said on Tuesday.

The woman was tested after being taken to an Athens hospital to give birth on Sunday. Her baby and its father have also been tested and were found to be free of the virus.

Three more Romanians infected with the novel coronavirus, namely two in France and one in the UK, have died abroad, and the number of Romanian citizens abroad who tested positive for COVID-19 stands at 94, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs.

Director of Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Vector-Borne diseases of Moscow State University "Sechenov", Alexander Lukashev, stated this for the Radio "Moscow Speaking".
The Russian virologist noted that the development of coronavirus in the SARS scenario, when the disease could be completely eradicated, is currently impossible.

Greece's Association of Pharmacists (PFS) echoed government coronavirus expert and spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras, urging its members not to supply consumers with kits purporting to test for Covid-19.

The German company Bosch has developed a rapid test to detect the new coronavirus, the result of which is ready in two and a half hours and gives 95% accuracy. The new test uses the molecular diagnostics of Vivalytic made by Bosch Health Department and used in hospitals, laboratories and medical practices. The rapid test meets the quality standards of the World Health Organization (WHO).

"The number of confirmed cases of infection is less than 3.000. The spread of the epidemic in China has been completely stopped," Mi Feng said at a briefing.

Summer heat is unlikely to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and every country in Europe is forecast to run out of intensive care beds by mid-April unless it acts fast, the European Union's disease control agency said on Wednesday.

Surgery and other hospital treatments and medical investigations that are not urgent and can be rescheduled are suspended for a period of 14 days, according to the order issued on Monday by the action commander, approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Marcel Vela, for establishing the measures necessary to limit the spread of the infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the level of public

I'm old enough to remember the hysteria over SARS, swine flu and bird flu. Despite some terrifying headlines, predictions of death on a massive scale and outbreaks of panic buying, the threat of each of these new diseases quickly subsided - at least in Europe - and life quickly went back to normal.

Asian countries face a second wave of COVID-19, this time imported from outside, the BBC warns.

South Korea, China and Singapore are among Asian countries facing a second wave of a coronavirus epidemic brought from outside.

China, where the virus first appeared, confirmed that no new cases had been reported for the first time since the outbreak.