A patient suspected of contracting the Chinese coronavirus has been brought
to a hospital in the Moravian town of Kroměříž, the Czech News Agency
reported on Monday.
The man, who has recently returned from China, is under observation at the
town hospital’s infection ward. His blood samples are currently being
tested in a special lab.
Another suspected case of coronavirus infection is reported from the region
of Moravia-Silesia. The Chinese citizen, who came to the Czech Republic 11
days ago, is kept in home isolation.
The fast-spreading infection, which causes pneumonia-like symptoms, has
killed more than 80 people in China and infected at least 3,000 globally
since its discovery in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
Following a Security Council meeting on Monday to discuss responses to the
crisis, the Czech government announced a number of special steps in
connection with the virus, focused on people arriving by air on Czech
territory.