The population is urged to wash the hands as often as possible and avoid close contact with persons who suffer from acute respiratory infections and also contact with animal farms or wild animals. The persons with symptoms of acute respiratory infection are urged to keep a distance and to cover the mouth when coughing and sneezing. The recommendations were formulated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection in connection with the epidemic of novel coronavirus in China, IPN reports.<\/p>\n
The Ministry said that Moldova witnessed no case of infection with the coronavirus. As to the Moldovans staying in China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration said that following the agreements between Moldova\u2019s Embassy in Beijing and the Diplomatic Mission of Romania, a Moldovan citizen, who is also a Romanian citizen, the next few days, alongside other Romanian citizens, will be embarked on a plane provide for European citizens and will be taken to a European capital from where he will come to Moldova. The second citizen, who is a woman married to a Chinese man, temporarily lives at relatives in Hubei Province and will leave the region for the U.S., where she resides, when the international flights are unblocked.<\/p>\n
The citizens of the Republic of Moldova in China who need consular assistance can call +861065325494.<\/p>\n
Following<\/em> the <\/span>advice<\/em> of the <\/span>Emergency Committee on <\/em>January 30, WHO <\/span>Director<\/em>–<\/span>General has declared<\/em> the <\/span>outbreak<\/em> of <\/span>novel coronavirus<\/em> a <\/span>Public Health Emergency<\/em> of International Concern, <\/span>without imposing travel and trade restrictions.<\/p>\n The death toll from the novel coronavirus in the morning of January 31 was 213. As many as 9,692 persons developed pneumonia after catching the coronavirus.<\/p>\n