Finally the World Health organization has been declared this evening by the International alert to the expansion of the coronavirus chinese. A week ago, rejected it, but the spread outside of china and among citizens who had not traveled to the asian giant has made them change the criteria.
At Hour 25 we have spoken with Santiago Moreno, chief of the infectious diseases service of the Hospital Ramon and Cajal of Madrid and one of the biggest specialists in infectious diseases of Spain. “What they have in common with other emergencies is that it has the potential to affect a lot of people”, explained the expert, who, however, makes it clear that at local level we are not affected by the international emergency. “The flu can have a fatal consequence for people with chronic diseases and debilitated personseven in health systems strong,” said Moreno.
So yes, a virus of this type, clarifies the specialist, has major consequences in countries with health systems are “deficient” but Spain “does not have a health care system”weak”.
We have also spoken with Jaime Santirso, journalist of The Country in Wuhan, which is located in the airport of the chinese city are waiting to leave the country, heading to London and from there to Madrid, where be kept quarantined in the hospital Gomez Ulla of the capital.
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