Ukraine Records Coronavirus Case. But It's Not the One You Think
The strain of the detected coronavirus is unknown.
The Kyiv City Laboratory confirmed the first case of coronavirus infection this year, but clarified that it is not the Chinese 2019-nCOV coronavirus. This was said in a statement from the Kyiv City Laboratory Center of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.
“Based on the results of 67 samples tested by PCR, 12 positive results were obtained: influenza A (H1N1) — 3, influenza A unspecified — 1, influenza B — 3, adenovirus — 2, bocavirus — 1, coronavirus — 1 and rhinovirus — 1,” — the message said.
The message also states that surveillance of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections continues.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that infect humans and animals. Usually the virus is transmitted from animals to humans, but it can mutate and become a human-to-human carrier of infection. Most infections in China occurred via airborne droplets.
Due to an inaccurate press release, many media outlets and social media users decided that the infection was with the Chinese coronavirus.
On January 26, Health Minister Zoryana Skaletska reported to the president that no cases of infection with the new Chinese coronavirus had been detected in Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that the 2019-nCOV coronavirus outbreak in China has killed 81 people, and the total number of confirmed infections has risen to 2,744.
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