In Italy, more than 130 people have contracted the novel corona virus. Cities are cordoned off, the Venice Carnival canceled. The current developments
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- In Italy
more than 132 people have contracted Covid-19, more than in
any other European country. Two people are said to be at the virus
have died. The number of infected people is increasing rapidly. - The infected people are spread over the
northern regions of Veneto, Piedmont and Lombardy. The authorities there want to cordon off the most affected cities. Major events have been banned, including two top league football matches, church services and the famous Venice Carnival. -
Meanwhile, the number of sufferers is also increasing in China and other countries such as South Korea and Iran. Turkey closes the border with neighboring Iran. The third passenger died in Japan, according to a television report
of the quarantined cruise ship “Diamond
Princess “. In South Korea, health authorities report the
fifth death, in China the official number of deaths has risen to 2,442 so far.
- All other backgrounds and detailed analyzes can be found on our topic page,
China’s head of state and party Xi Jinping has the corona virus as biggest health crisis in the history of the People’s Republic designated. “It’s a crisis for us – and a big test,” said Xi in a television speech. The current situation is “bleak and complicated, and prevention and control are in the most critical phase”. He expects the economy and society to have a major impact.
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As a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus infections, Turkey is closing its border with Iran, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, All major roads and railway lines would be blocked from 5:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. Central European Time) and flights from the neighboring state would be suspended. So far, eight people infected with the virus have died in Iran – more than in any other country outside of China, where the virus first appeared.
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The number of registered infected people in Italy continues to rise, Meanwhile, according to the chief of civil protection Angelo Borrelli, 132 people have tested positive. Most (89) are in Lombardy. The regions of Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lazio follow. All but three infections have been reported since Thursday. 26 of the infected are in intensive care, it was said.
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Christian Drosten, Director of the Institute of Virology at the Charité in Berlin
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The Berlin virologist Christian Drosten told the German Press Agency that he no longer believed that a global pandemic could be avoided: “Last-minute containment is probably no longer achievable with all available forces.”
Because most infections with the new virus Sars-CoV2 are so mild, many are hardly recorded. The infected can still spread the virus to dozens of other people. How many people are infected with the Sars-CoV2 only became apparent in Iran, South Korea and now in Italy, for example, when patients became seriously ill or died. It could happen similarly in several other countries.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, you try in Germany to slow the spread of the lung disease Covid-19 caused by Sars-CoV2, This is to prevent a major outbreak from occurring during the flu season.
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“Our embassy and the German consulates in Italy are in contact with the Italian authorities in the event that the Italian measures affect Germans,” reports the Federal Foreign Office. Returnees are advised to sign up the relevant information from the Robert Koch Institute to keep.-
The situation should be assessed tomorrow. An exchange of the EU health authorities is planned.
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The Italian authorities were particularly surprised by two Corona cases. Both patients infected numerous other people in their environment. Last Thursday the virus was detected in a seriously ill 38-year-old in a clinic in Codogno (Lombardy). In Veneto, in the municipality of Vo ‘, a 78-year-old died from Covid-19, the lung disease caused by the virus. The current outbreaks in Veneto, Lombardy and Piedmont may be due to these two men. It is completely unclear where they might have been infected, One possibility would be that tourists or business people from China unwittingly brought the virus with them at some point.
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People in Casalpusterlengo (Lombardy), Image: Miguel Medina / AFP)
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In South Korea the government has announced the highest warning level for infectious diseases. President Moon Jae said the authorities should not hesitate to take unprecedented countermeasures. According to official figures, the number of infections detected rose by 169 to 602 over the course of Sunday, and the number of deaths related to the pathogen increased from four to five.
in the Iran So far, eight people have died as a result of the coronavirus. This is announced by the Ministry of Health in Tehran. The number of infected has risen to 43.
In Israel Almost 200 school children, their teachers and a supervisor will be quarantined from Sunday. They may have come into contact with South Korean tourists who have been diagnosed with the virus upon their return. Israel had only reported its first case of infection on Friday. It was a passenger of the cruise ship Diamond Princess.
Also France is preparing for a possible further spread of the virus. The location in Italy will be “followed closely,” said Health Minister Olivier Véran in conversation with Le Parisien, The French government is preparing for an epidemic. –
In China According to official data, 2,442 people have died as a result of the virus. Almost 77,000 are ill.
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Medical staff in South Korea
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On the quarantined in Japan Cruise ship Diamond Princess were also 19 Italians. They are now back in Rome, where they are being housed in a military complex as a precaution. Hundreds of people were infected among the ship’s passengers, according to a media report the number of deaths has now risen to three.
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The famous Venice Carnival is canceled due to concerns about the spread of the corona virus in northern Italy. This was announced by the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, on Sunday. “We have to adapt to drastic measures,” Zaia told reporters. This includes the cancellation of the Venetian carnival “and even more”.
Other major events in the region, such as services and soccer games, were also canceled. Companies instructed their employees to stay at home. In some places, schools and restaurants were closed on Sunday.
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Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
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The coronavirus Has Italy reached. 109 infections with the novel virus Sars-CoV-2 were confirmed. Two people have already died of the disease. In Lombardy, 89 cases have now been recorded, said the president of the most affected region, Attilio Fontana. In addition, the northern Italian region of Veneto was affected, where according to the latest figures from Italian civil protection there were 17 infected people. There were also individual positive tests in the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont.
The Italian government has around one Cordoned off dozen cities to curb the spread of the virus. The province of Lodi (Lombardy), around 60 kilometers southeast of the metropolis of Milan, and the city of Vo in the province of Padua (Veneto) are significantly affected.
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