'This is a situation of concern but we must not give in to panic,' said the EU's health commissioner on Wednesday to reporters in Rome.
Visitors wearing face masks, amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, visit the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on February 26, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
“This is a situation of concern but we must not give in to panic,” Stella Kyriakides told reporters in Rome after meeting Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza. “We are facing a situation where there are still many unknowns about this virus and in particular its origin and how it spreads,” she said.
But she welcomed Tuesday’s decision by health ministers from several of Italy’s neighbours to keep the borders open, at a meeting in Rome chaired by Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza.
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