A Chinese citizen hospitalized in Transbaikalia due to coronavirus learned about the diagnosis from the news

Chinese citizen Wang Yunbin, who was hospitalized in the regional infectious diseases clinical hospital of Chita due to infection with a new type of coronavirus, said that doctors did not say anything about his illness. about it Writes "Chita.ru".

“I just cough, nothing else bothers me, the doctors do not tell me that I am infected and do not give me test results. I learned from the news that I might be infected,” Yunbin said, adding that he apologizes for coming to Russia. I didn't know that I could get infected. Despite the result, I hope for help, as my child has a fever and diarrhea - I understood from the Chinese news that this is very dangerous, but the conditions in the hospital we are in are not enough for our rehabilitation.

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The Ministry of Health of Russia instructed to check the conditions for the provision of medical care in a hospital in the city of Chita in the Trans-Baikal Territory due to a complaint from a Chinese citizen with a coronavirus infection.

As the authorities of the Trans-Baikal Territory specified , a Chinese citizen with suspected coronavirus was placed in a special isolated medical box at the regional infectious diseases hospital on January 26.

“The fact that a Chinese citizen was infected with coronavirus was not immediately confirmed: the first test result was negative. However, the second gave a positive result. That is why the mother and daughter who were in contact with him have so far been left under the supervision of doctors for further observations in an isolated medical box, ”the message says.

On January 31, it became known that two cases of coronavirus were recorded in Russia - in Transbaikalia and the Tyumen region. In total, the number of people infected worldwide has reached almost 15 thousand people, 305 of them have died.

The novel coronavirus was announced at the end of 2019. Experts suggest that it originated in one of the seafood markets in the city of Wuhan. According to them, the source of the coronavirus was wild animals that were illegally traded in the market. According to Chinese doctors, the virus is transmitted from person to person and causes pneumonia. The World Health Organization has declared the event a medical emergency of international concern.