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Three Salvadorans from China will remain in quarantine after their arrival in the country | El Salvador News

The three scholars arrived in El Salvador after 11:00 p.m. of Monday. They have no symptoms, but due to their origin they will have to comply with quarantine, according to the protocol activated by the authorities in case of a Wuhan coronavirus emergency.

The government of The Savior he activated the emergency protocol at San Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport on Monday night and received three students from China.

These were three Salvadoran fellows who had been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan (the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak) and transferred to another “shelter” area, while managing their return to their home nation.

After 10:30 at night, the medical team entered the airport facilities: four doctors and two nurses. The entrance of the press remained restricted in the air terminal.

The young women arrived in the country after 11 p.m. on a flight from Panama. According to the established protocol, they were “evaluated in accordance with the International Health Regulations ”, because its route of origin was the Republic of China.

The three women were received by medical specialists to be evaluated and transferred by ambulance to complete the quarantine process, according to the Presidency. Also, they received a first check at the air terminal to check if they had a fever.

However, the authorities informed that the girls do not have symptoms but that due to their origin they will have to be isolated, according to the protocol activated before the emergency by Wuhan coronavirus. The place to which they were transferred to comply with the quarantine has not been disclosed.

“We have activated all the necessary protocols and extreme measures,” said Deputy Minister of Health, Francisco Alabí, after receiving the compatriots.

“These three cases are classified by the Salvadoran health authorities‘ of epidemiological interest ’, added a statement from the Ministry of Health.

According to the Health statement, the young Salvadorans began their trip from Beijing, China, passing through Frankfurt, Germany, Bogotá, Colombia, Panama until arriving in El Salvador on Monday.

The State portfolio reiterated that to date there are no suspected or confirmed cases of coronaviruses in the country.

The three Salvadorans who arrived on a flight from Panama originated their trip in Beijing. Photo @SecPrensaSV

The Salvadoran Government has available 8.6 million dollars as a fund to allocate to the attention of this emergency.

The Deputy Minister of Health, Francisco Alabí, had reported on Monday morning that Salvadorans who were in China have not presented symptoms of the disease.

The Presidency has stated that they also maintain contact with all students staying in other cities in China and their health status has been constantly verified.

The emergency protocol was activated at the airport and then a medical team entered to receive the Salvadorans who arrived from China. Photo EDH / Lissette Lemus

On January 30, the World Health Organization (PMS) declared “world emergency” for the new coronavirus that has spread to about twenty countries, including: Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand , Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, France, United States and Canada.

To date in China 425 people have died Because of the outbreak and the total number of cases diagnosed reached 20,438, the National Health Commission of the Asian country reported.

Patient admitted to hospital San Juan de Dios dies from respiratory infection

A patient who was admitted on Sunday, and for which the protocol was activated in a suspected case of coronavirus, died at noon on Monday at the San Juan de Dios hospital, Santa Ana, as confirmed by sources of the care center.

The foreign woman, whose estimated age is 40, was admitted on Sunday, referred to by Metapán. The patient was intubated. Health reported that the patient She was diagnosed with pneumonia.

His admission caused the medical protocol to be activated in suspected cases of coronavirus, but hours later doctors failed to establish the epidemiological link; that is to say that she had had a contact with a confirmed case of the new virus. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health Francisco Alabí said that both this case and the one reported Thursday night at the Saldaña hospital were acute respiratory diseases.

Epidemiologist Guillermo Barahona, as well as private pediatrician Rodrigo Simán, said that the protocol developed by the Ministry of Health in the case of a coronavirus emergency has given positive results.

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