
coronavirus now in Switzerland
Switzerland has recorded its first coronavirus case as the country’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) confirmed on Tuesday a case in the southern part of the country bordering Italy.
The victim is said to be a man in his 70s from Ticino canton bordering Italy.
FOPH informed that the man was in Italy on February 15 to attend an event near Milan, and that the first symptoms appeared two days later.
His infection was said to have been confirmed by a lab test in Geneva.
The patient, having remained with his family ever since, is now in isolation at a clinic in Lugano, Ticino canton.
FOPH said that cantonal and federal authorities will identify other people who may have been in contact with the patient in order to quarantine and monitor them for the next 14 days.
According to FOPH, this first COVID-19 case in Switzerland does not change the risk assessment — COVID-19 currently represents only a moderate risk for the Swiss population.
Medical establishments in the country are ready to carry out early detection and diagnostic examination of suspected cases as well as to care for other sick people.
Xinhua quoted the Swiss Interior Ministry as saying around 300 suspected COVID-19 cases have so far been tested in Switzerland, without any confirmed cases until now.
FOPH officials said there were currently 70 suspected cases being tested in Switzerland, including several in the cantons of Bern and Basel, but only a small number in Ticino canton. Test results will be known in the coming hours.
The Swiss authorities announced Monday that they were beefing up measures to prevent spread of the virus from neighboring Italy, and that the situation in Switzerland was under control.
The office also informed that Swiss Federal Councilor Alain Berset met in Rome with the health ministers of Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia on Tuesday to strengthen cross-border collaboration to combat the spread of the deadly disease.
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