Masyado pang maaga para matukoy ng World Health Organization (WHO) bilang malala at nakamamatay na sakit ang bagong tuklas na novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) mula sa China.
Ayon kay WHO Philippine Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, hindi pa sapat ang mga nakuha nilang impormasyon hinggil sa nabanggit na bagong coronavirus.
Sinabi ni Abeyasinghe, sa kasalukuyan ay nakabatay lamang sila sa datos ng mahigit 200 kumpirmadong naitalang kaso ng misteryosong pneumonia-like diesease kung saan nasa apat ang nasawi.
Sa nabanggit aniyang apat, tatlo sa mga ito ang nakitaan ng iba pang malalang kondisyon sa kalusugan na posibleng nakapagpalala sa sakit.
Too early now to say that it is a very severe infection that causes death, we are in the early stages of trying to understand how severe this infection is and how many deaths it is likely to cause,” ani Abeyasinghe.
Tiniyak naman ni Abeyasinghe na mahigpit nang nakikipag-ugnayan ang WHO sa Chinese health authorities hinggil sa nCoV.
As soon as we have access to such information that is reliable and verified we will share it not only to the Philippines but with other member states also. We are making every effort, WHO has activated a 3-level incident management team which includes the headquarters, regional office and country of it is in China and we are closely following the situation including Chinese authorities,” ani Abeyasinghe.
