COVID-19 Patients Attend TOOL Concert

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JAKARTA - According to the New Zaeland Herald, a man infected with the corona virus or COVID-19 attended the TOOL concert in Auckland on February 28. She is in the left front area of the Spark Arena.

The man, the partner of the woman who tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, has been in self-isolation since yesterday. The couple returned from northern Italy last week.

Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield told the media: "We encourage everyone in the concert area to be aware of symptoms and contact Healthline (health information provider) if concerned. The advice is, the risk is very low for anyone attending this concert," reported Blabbermouth, Friday. , March 6.

"There is no way to track people who are in the concert area. They are classified as causal contacts and advice to them is to call Healthline if they have any symptoms."

As of Thursday, more than 97,800 people were infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with at least 3,300 deaths. In the United States, there are about 200 confirmed cases.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Control (CDC), the coronavirus is thought to spread primarily from person to person - between people who are in close contact with each other (within about six feet), and through respiratory droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezing.

These droplets can land in the mouth or nose of people who are nearby or may be inhaled into the lungs.

The agency recommends that people avoid "close contact" with anyone showing flu-like symptoms.

As the disease officially called COVID-19 continues to spread, concert organizers have canceled or postponed events around the world.

Preliminary estimates suggest that the death rate associated with COVID-19 is between one and two percent, which is higher than the average death rate associated with the seasonal flu strain of about 0.1 percent.