Doctors at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome have isolated the coronavirus. This was announced by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, underlining the importance of the operation: "Now we have many opportunities to study it, understand and better verify what can be done to stop the spread".
The discovery, functional to the future development of a vaccine, "will be made available"Of the international scientific community. They open "spaces for new diagnostic tests and vaccines. Italy becomes the point of reference for this research“, Stated the scientific director of Spallanzani, Giuseppe Ippolito.
Minister Speranza spoke of "a fundamental step for the entire scientific community, which will make it possible to accelerate research to combat this disease. Italy has one of the best health services in the world and today it has proved it again".
There are currently 23 people from areas of China affected by the epidemic, all tested for the Chinese virus at Spallanzani. Patients were isolated and discharged after the negative test result.