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New Chinese disease: "low" danger in the EU?

Three airports connected directly to the affected city

A mysterious disease has affected the city of Wuhan in China, and the concern that the virus reaches Europe as three airports are directly connected with the metropolis and there are also indirect connections with other European hubs. The European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) would have classified the danger as "low": there would be no evidence of the human-to-human transmission of the crown-virus...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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