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The Minister of Health confirms: this is the first case of the coronavirus in Poland. The patient is in a hospital in Zielona Góra. Everyone who had contact with him was placed under home quarantine. Don’t panic, but it’s helpful to know what symptoms you may have contracted with the coronavirus.
The risk of contracting COVID-19 is related mainly people who have stayed in China (or in another country where the coronavirus has been “imported”) or have been in contact with someone who may be a carrier of the pathogen. According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC), people suffering from hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases are more likely to contract the virus.
From the data provided by the CCDC it appears that in over 80 percent of those infected, the infection is mild. The serious course concerns 13,8 percent. sick, while the critical 4,7%. The bodies of elderly and chronically ill patients are the worst at fighting the coronavirus. The mortality rate is 2,3 percent.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 19 people have contracted the COVID-90 coronavirus. people. The first case of the coronavirus in Poland was confirmed on 04.03/15. by the Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski. Currently, the largest concentration of patients in Europe is in Italy – over 13.03.2020 are infected. people. (as of March XNUMX, XNUMX).
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