Progressive Care Provides Support for Concerns Related to the Spread of Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

MIAMI, FL, Jan. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Progressive Care Inc. (OTCQB: RXMD) (“Progressive Care” or the “Company”), a personalized healthcare services and technology company, in an effort to provide support and resources for those concerned about the risks associated with the emerging threat posed by the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), is pleased to provide critical educational and informational support services at this important stage in the progression of the disease.

What to Know:  According to the World Health Organization (“WHO”), Coronaviruses (CoV) are “a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).”

On December 31, 2019, the WHO became aware of new strain – a “novel coronavirus (nCoV)” – not previously identified in humans that first appeared in the form of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. It appears as though this marks the emergence of a new infectious disease borne of a non-human-to-human virus in this region that mutated into a state allowing for human-to-human infectious transmission.

This disease has spread rapidly. Many questions still remain, including whether or not the disease is fully contagious in the pre-symptomatic incubation period. Chinese authorities and authorities in many countries are already taking rapid action to slow the spread of the disease, and biomedical facilities around the world are working hard to create a viable vaccine, with some early-stage candidate compositions already beginning animal testing.

Worldwide there are now more than 6,000 cases and 132 deaths, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. There have been no reported deaths outside of China and all deaths have been in patients who were elderly or otherwise unwell. In the U.S., the CDC is reporting five confirmed cases from these states: Washington, Illinois, California, and Arizona, all of whom had recently visited Wuhan. According to the CDC, there is no evidence that 2019-nCoV has spread from human to human in the US, nor is there evidence that imported Chinese goods are affected. The mortality rate for those infected by 2019-nCoV is not yet fully understood but appears to be relatively low in the scale of prior serious infectious disease epidemics, with many patients recovering over a period of days back to full health.