On the Alert for the Coronavirus
Special attention is needed to prevent unnecessary deaths from a new type of coronavirus in humans that is believed to spread faster than originally thought.
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Nurses wear masks on Monday (27/1/2020) at Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Central General Hospital in Palembang, South Sumatra. The hospital has readied an isolation room for treating patients with the novel coronavirus, which has not been detected in Indonesia to date.
Special attention is needed to prevent unnecessary deaths from a new type of coronavirus in humans that is believed to spread faster than originally thought.
No confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been found in Indonesia by Monday, although several suspected cases were reported in Jambi, Bandung and Cirebon, including several Chinese nationals of mainland China and Taiwan.