Pellegrini: Coronavirus not confirmed in any of three patients in Slovakia

Coronavirus still has not been confirmed anywhere in Slovakia, with the results of laboratory tests on three people suspected of contracting the disease proving negative, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who has been charged with managing the Health Ministry, said on Tuesday. Health Ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Eliasova noted that the symptoms of the disease are fever, coughing and shortness of breath and that pneumonia can then develop. "If you haven't been in the countries where the new coronavirus has occurred, or haven't been in touch with people who have visited those countries, it's very likely that you have normal flu or a cold, so there's no need to panic," she said.