Coronavirus: two suspected deaths in Italy – health

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In Italy, the number of people infected was 29 on Saturday: 27 in Lombardy and two cases in Veneto, including the dead 78-year-old. In ten municipalities in Lombardy, schools and most of the shops were temporarily closed and residents were asked to stay at home. Major events such as services, carnivals or sports events were prohibited. Similar measures were also prepared in Veneto to prevent the virus from spreading. The 38-year-old Italian, who unwittingly spread the virus, was in serious condition in the hospital intensive care unit on Friday.

The virus was detected in the 38-year-old on Thursday. He had been in the clinic since Wednesday – since there was initially no apparent connection to China, he was initially not tested on Sars-CoV-2. According to the information, this only happened when his condition worsened and his wife said that her husband had recently met with a friend who had returned from China. It was still unclear in the evening whether this was actually the origin of the outbreak: the virus was initially not found in the man who had already returned in January. Neither did he have symptoms at any time.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in Brussels that, according to the evidence, Italy has issued a new regulation to isolate contact persons. All persons in contact with infected people must therefore be put in quarantine. At the same time, Conte warned of alarmism.