New Jersey hospitalized woman with coronavirus symptoms
'24.01.2020'
Source: fox5ny.com
The 25-year-old woman was taken to hospital on January 23. She has symptoms characteristic of coronavirus. This publication writes FOX5NY.
The 25-year-old woman was taken to hospital on Thursday evening, January 23, by Edgewater Medical Services.
The New Jersey Department of Health sent out a statement saying that the Hackensack University Medical Center and local health officials have joined forces to gather more information about this woman. Currently, she has the same symptoms as with coronavirus.
Health professionals report that, as a precaution, the hospital follows all relevant infection control protocols. The final diagnosis of the patient has not yet been made.
Meanwhile in Texas, health officials say they believe a Texas A&M student may have contracted the virus. Authorities note that the student came from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of the deadly virus has occurred.
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So far, there is only one confirmed case of coronavirus in the USA. This is a man from Seattle, recently arrived from China, who has a positive virus test result. He remains isolated in the hospital, where, according to doctors, the initial interaction with the patient took place using a robot.
China is still trying to hold back the outbreak of coronavirus, which was first discovered last month in the seafood market. According to Chinese officials, the number of new respiratory virus cases rose to 830, killing 25 people.
The World Health Organization has not yet announced a global emergency, saying it wants to track how the virus develops.
National health institutes, in turn, are working on a vaccine against the virus.
As ForumDaily New York wrote earlier:
- In New York - massive upsurge in influenza. In the week ending January 11, New York State recorded 11 cases of influenza. This is three times more than in the same period last year.
- Formerly 11 year old new york the boy died after a severe flu outbreakleading to cardiac arrest. And although the teenager was vaccinated, this did not save his life.
- Baby's first flu death this season was recorded in New York in November 2019.
- Also note that healthcare in the US is expensive. Let's say treatment of a common cold cost an American $ 28 thousand.