Twenty Chinese tourists who were
part of a group including two who tested positive for the
coronavirus were discharged from Rome's Spallanzani Hospital on
Thursday.
They were in quarantine for 14 days and had always tested
negative for the deadly virus.
They included five minors.
Lazio health councillor Alessio D'Amato and the hospital's
health director Francesco Vaia said goodbye to the tourists.
They will take a flight back to China.
"It is an extraordinary day for my co-nationals who have
ended their quarantine in this hospital," said Doctor Zhang of
the Chinese embassy.
"They are very happy.
"They are very well, they are content.
"I want to thank the Spallanzani and our Italian friends who
have given their support to the embassy," he added.
"The services rendered to my co-nationals were excellent and
professional, exceptional, and they met their particular
customs.
"Now they will go straight back to China with an airline
flight".
Rome's Spallanzani Hospital said Wednesday that the general
condition of an Italian man it is treating with the coronavirus
is good, adding that he does not have fever.
The young man was among a group of 56 people flown back to
Italy last week from the Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre of
the deadly epidemic.
The Spallanzani is also treating a Chinese couple with the
coronavirus in its intensive-care department.
The hospital, which specialises in infectious diseases, said
the couple's condition was stable after reporting a slight
improvement on Tuesday.
The tourists came to Rome from Milan via Verona and Parma.
The hospital said that it had tested 20 people who came into
contact with the couple and the results were all negative.
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