Rome, 13 May (LaPresse) Tests carried out at Spallanzani in Rome and at Sacco in Milan have come back negative. The Ministry of Health reports that the virological tests carried out yesterday in Milan on the British tourist who was traced and placed in quarantine because he was on board the Sant’Elena-Johannesburg flight have come back negative. The test on the companion travelling with him in Italy was also negative. Tests carried out on the young man from Calabria, who is in precautionary isolation, and on the tourist who was admitted to hospital in Messina with pneumonia and who comes from an endemic area of Argentina, were also negative. Samples from both were analysed at the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. The Ministry points out that the risk associated with the virus remains very low in Europe and, therefore, also in Italy.
Hantavirus: Ministry of Health, tests analysed in Milan and at Spallanzani come back negative
Rome, 13 May (LaPresse) Tests carried out at Spallanzani in Rome and at Sacco in Milan have come back negative. The Ministry of Health reports that the virological tests carried out yesterday in Milan on the British tourist who was traced and placed in quarantine because he was on board the Sant’Elena-Johannesburg flight have come back negative. The test on the companion travelling with him in Italy was also negative. Tests carried out on the young man from Calabria, who is in precautionary isolation, and on the tourist who was admitted to hospital in Messina with pneumonia and who comes from an endemic area of Argentina, were also negative. Samples from both were analysed at the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. The Ministry points out that the risk associated with the virus remains very low in Europe and, therefore, also in Italy.
