The daily death toll continues to decline the coronavirus epidemic in China: yesterday there were 29 victims and the lowest level recorded for almost a month. In total, 78,824 people were infected in China, with 2,788 deaths, while 36,000 were treated and discharged from hospitals. Instead, the virus continues to spread in Korea (here the map), where 2,337 cases were reported, with 13 deaths. In Italy the cases ascertained according to the Bulletin of the Civil Protection (18 hours) are instead 821: specifically, 21 are dead and 46 recovered. From Monday, the 5 post offices in Lombardy will reopen in the red zone in Codogno, Casalpusterlengo, Castiglione D’Adda, San Fiorano in the province of Lodi and Vo ’Euganeo in the province of Padua. Lombardy’s request to the government: restrictive measures for another week. Schools included.
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6:49 pm – Iss, reopening schools? We evaluate impact
Is the reopening of schools likely to restart coronavirus infections? a very complex discussion – replied the president of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) Silvio Brusaferro to Civil Protection -; various groups are working on models.
18:34 – Lombard University extend closure to March 7th
The Universities of Lombardy extend the closure until March 7th, as they believe that the precautionary reasons that led to the suspension of educational activities in the week that began on Monday 24 February are still current. The extension, said a note, was decided due to the peaceful functioning of institutional activities.
18:27 hours – Borrelli: An emergency returned to Lodi
In Lodi the situation returned to normal, added Borrelli, referring to the emergency that arose on Thursday evening with a sudden crowding of hospitalizations and the presence of more than 100 people queuing to be visited.
6pm – The Civil Protection Bulletin
There are 821 cases of coronavirus in our country, to which are added 46 cured and 21 deaths. The head of the Civil Protection Angelo Borrelli said it in the press point of 6 pm. Of the 821 patients, clarified Borrelli, 412 are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, and are in home isolation; 345 are hospitalized; 64 in intensive care. Today’s deceased are over eighty and one over seventy. I would like to specify that they did not die from coronavirus or as a consequence. This is a job that the Istituto Superiore di Sanit will do, he specified.
5:43 pm – First two positives in Umbria
The Regional Directorate of Health reports that two cases of import of coronavirus infection have been found in Umbria, therefore not attributable to local outbreaks. In recent days, one of the two patients had gone to Emilia Romagna while the other had come into contact with a resident of Castiglione D’Adda in Rome.
5:40 pm – Gauls, Lombard hospitals with limited limits
Hospitals in Lombardy struggling with the coronavirus emergency are on the edge of the estate. This was stated by Professor Massimo Galli, infectious disease specialist at the Sacco hospital in Milan, during a press conference in the Lombardy Region headquarters.
5:33 pm – Gallera: In Lombardy another week of restrictions
The intention of the Lombardy Region to maintain the virus containment measures in the red and yellow zone for another week. The measures taken last Sunday in the light of the data are absolutely valid and allow to control the spread of the virus and prevent the virus from affecting the whole region. Only with 14 days can we understand if the spread will go from 1 to 2 to 1 to 1, he said the Lombard Councilor for Welfare Giulio Gallera.
re 17:12 – Alitalia rationalizes flights on 38 routes
Alitalia proceeded to cancel the connections with a large number of unoccupied seats due to the effect that the coronavirus determined the travel behavior of flyers. The company said explaining that overall, all the capacity reduction interventions undertaken on 38 national and international routes are attributable to the lower demand, also due to the increased number of restrictions on flights and passengers from Italy.
5:07 pm – First case in Iceland and second in Denmark
Icelandic health authorities have detected the first case of coronavirus. He is a middle-aged man who has returned from a skiing holiday in northern Italy. In the meantime, the second case of infection was recorded in Denmark: in this case too, the person who tested positive had been on vacation in northern Italy.
5:05 pm – Guterres: Little time to stop the pandemic
This is the time to ask governments to do everything they can to stop the broadcast, and to do it now. We are not yet in a pandemic, but the window of opportunity to avoid it is narrowing. The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, spoke. My concern is mainly with developing countries, particularly in Africa, he added.
5:03 pm – From Monday the Post Office will reopen in the red zone
The 5 post offices in Lombardy reopen in the red zone in Codogno, Casalpusterlengo, Castiglione D’Adda, San Fiorano in the province of Lodi and Vo ’Euganeo in the province of Padua. what is learned in a note from the Italian Post.
5:02 pm – British die who was on the Diamond Princess
A British citizen who was aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, Japan, who died of Covid-19. Kyodo News agency reported.
16:51 – The Mexican government confirms two cases
The Mexican government has confirmed two cases of coronavirus contagion in the country: it is a 35-year-old man from the City of Mexico and another 41 in the state of Sinaloa, who tested positive after being in Italy. The two patients exhibited mild symptoms and were placed in solitary confinement.
16: 50- WHO, 24 cases exported from Italy to 14 countries
Since yesterday Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Nigeria have registered their first cases of Covid-19, all had links with Italy: 24 cases were exported from Italy to 14 countries, 97 cases from Iran to 11 nations, WHO added.
4:49 pm – P.I will be diamond sick again
An Israeli citizen tested positive for coronavirus on his return home after he was discharged from a Japanese hospital and declared cured. The Israeli ministry of health reported. Shimon Dahan one of the four Israelis hospitalized in Japan after falling ill on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
4:45 pm – Iranian Parliament closed
The Iranian Parliament will remain closed until a later date as a preventive measure for the coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19), which has already hit several deputies and senior officials of Tehran, and caused the death of the vice president and 23-year-old professional futsal player, Elham Sheikhi.
16:40 – WHO reevaluates global diffusion risk, very high
The threat to the worldwide coronavirus epidemic has been elevated to a very high level. This was said by WHO director general Ghebreyesus.
16:39 – WHO, in China the lowest number of cases in 1 month
In the past 24 hours, China has reported 329 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest number in over a month. This was stated by the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ghebreyesus. At 6 this morning, the cases reported by China to WHO are 78,959, including 2,791 deaths. Outside China, there are now 4,351 cases in 49 countries and 67 deaths.
15.50 – Gualtieri: Tonight dl in record time
Tonight there will be a rather large first decree launched in record time that the government wants to implement to deal with the emergency. This was stated by Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri in In viva voce on Radio1, explaining that there will also be a second decree next week to support the economy. The measure does not only look at the red areas. We are working on additional rules.
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15.50 – Second positive among bank employees in Basiglio
A second employee of Banca Mediolanum of the Basiglio office tested positive for coronavirus. The employee, who is not a resident of Basiglio, is part of the restricted group of colleagues in solitary confinement.
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3.43 pm – The schools of Palermo will reopen on 3 March
Lessons will resume in the schools of Palermo on March 3, after carrying out the extraordinary cleaning plan to deal with the coronavirus emergency, using detergents and disinfectants such as sodium hypochlorite, specified Mayor Leoluca Orlando.
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15.31 – Two new cases in Romania
There are three cases of corona virus in Romania. The last two are from today and, according to what was declared by the Romanian secretary of state, Nelu Tataru, both contracted the virus in Italy. It is a 45-year-old man from the province of Maramures, who returned on 25 February from an unspecified area of Italy and a 38-year-old woman from the province of Timis who went for a day to Bergamo and always returned on 25 February.
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15.30 – In China 36 thousand recovered
36 thousand patients are treated and discharged from hospitals in China, equal to 45.9% of the total confirmed cases. This was revealed by senior health official Guo Yanhong, adding that mild cases represent 90.8% of the total, severe cases 7.2% and critical cases 2%. The average age of patients with mild symptoms of 43 years, that of severe and critically ill patients of 53 years. In addition, Guo pointed out that 85% of patients have been treated with antiviral therapy, and nearly 40% of patients have received treatment that combines traditional Chinese and western medicine. For patients with mild symptoms, general therapy is often adopted.
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15.00 – First infected in Mexico
The first infection in Mexico was confirmed by the Ministry of Health. a 34-year-old returned from northern Italy a few days ago, now hospitalized at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases of the City of Mexico.
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2.36 pm – Mayor of Lodi: In Lodi no one is infected, they are sick in our hospital
In Lodi there are no people infected with the coronavirus. The emergency referred to by President Fontana regarding the number of admissions to our hospital. People probably came from the municipalities of the red zone, said the mayor of Lodi Sara Casanova.
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2.24 pm – A Briton died, he was on the Diamond Princess ship
a British citizen who was on board the cruise ship Diamond Princess died in Japan from the virus. It is the first English victim of the epidemic. The Foreign Office has made it known hot that it is checking the news, but the confirmation of the Ministry of Health of Japan removes any doubt.
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2.19 pm – Two hotels in Abu Dhabi placed in quarantine
Two Abu Dhabi hotels, in which participants in the Emirati tour had been hosted, were placed in preventive quarantine after two Italian members of a team were found coronavirus positive. One the W of the Marriott group.
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13:49 – Cdm tonight at 19:30
The Council of Ministers is reportedly expected at 7:30 pm today. On the table there will be – even if the agenda has not yet been announced – a first measure to contrast the economic effects of the coronavirus. The intent is to limit the negative effects of the emergency on economic activities.
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13: 41 – WHO calms Brazil, do not panic
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes there is no reason why there is panic in Brazil for the coronavirus, after the first case of a person who returned last week from a trip to northern Italy was confirmed in the country. Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of suspected coronavirus cases in the country went from 20 to 131.
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13: 31- Niccol: happy to embrace my parents again
My parents are arriving in Rome. I’m happy. I can’t wait to hug them again. what he would have said Niccol, the 17 year old from Grado blocked twice in China but negative to the tests and then in isolation to Spallanzani, to the doctors who followed him in these weeks. The boy’s parents are expected to arrive on the same day and resignation tomorrow after the two weeks of isolation.
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13:03 – Emilia-Romagna, at 16.30 it is decided for schools
We decide this afternoon on whether or not to reopen the schools in Emilia-Romagna, now I feel the other colleagues in the Regions and the Government. At 16.30, we gathered the mayors of the provincial capitals and the presidents of the provinces: we will evaluate whether it is appropriate to extend for another week, the measures we have already taken or whether to remove some suspension. We will do it in the maximum possible balance. So the President of the Emilia-Romagna Region Stefano Bonaccini,
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13:00 – Di Maio, at work to avoid restrictions on Italians
For the Italians who are having difficulties at the moment for the blockades of other countries, I assure you that in these hours the interlocutions are at best with all the States that have identified restrictions. Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio assured him in Pomigliano d’Arco (Naples) about the coronavirus emergency.
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12:42 pm – The Spallanzani bulletin
To date, 180 patients have been evaluated at our Institute. Of these, 136 negative test results were discharged. Forty-four patients are still hospitalized, waiting to know the outcome of the test for the search for the new Coronavirus. So the medical bulletin issued today by Spallanzani. After completing the necessary quarantine period, tomorrow he will be discharged from Spallanzani Niccol: the young 17-year-old returned from the city of Wuhan on February 15 with a transport of the Italian Air Force. The institute is happy to be able to share this joy with the boy’s family and his friends.
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12: 33- Fontana: yesterday emergency in Lodi, 51 hospitalizations
Unfortunately, another emergency broke out in Lodi tonight. In Lodi suddenly yesterday afternoon there was a crowding of hospitalizations: 51 serious hospitalizations of which 17 in intensive care. Lodi does not have a sufficient number of intensive care rooms for which they have been transferred to other intensive care units in the region. Lombardy President Attilio Fontana explained it to theAir that pulls on La7 talking about coronavirus. If you laughed less at the mask and looked at the problem more carefully I think it would be wise, he added.
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12:30 pm – The Nigerian patient passed by Turkey
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nigeria, the man hospitalized in Lagos, traveled from Milan with a Turkish airlines plane that made a stopover in Istanbul, spent the night in a hotel near the airport, then continued the journey to Ogun, the region of Nigeria where he works.
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12:22 pm – Italy asks the EU for masks
Italy has asked the European Union to supply protective masks for the population. This was indicated by the spokeswoman for the European Commission, specifying that the request was made to the EU Mechanism for civil protection.
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12: 21- Cremona Hospital: now situation under control
Fortunately, the situation is under control this morning. what do they know fromCremona hospital, yesterday under pressure for the numerous patients hospitalized with coronavirus, so much so that three were transferred to the intensive care units of other structures in Lombardy.
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12:13 pm – Supermarkets double their sales
The coronavirus effect and the assault on supermarkets, on the other hand, led to a dramatic increase in sales in large retail chains: + 100% for Esselunga, the company said, + 50% for Coop.
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12:11 – The drop in Lombardy airports: -30%
The effects of coronavirus are felt heavily on Lombardy airports. In Malpensa and Linate passengers in the first three days of the week decreased by 32.5%, at Bergamo Orio al Serio airport by 30%.
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12:02 pm – Mattarella’s thanks to those on the front line
On this day dedicated to rare diseases, we must feel the duty to thank those who are working with difficulty, with sacrifice, with self-sacrifice to combat the danger of the coronavirus: doctors, nurses, civil protection personnel, researchers, women and men of the Armed Forces and those of the police, all those who somehow find themselves on the front line. This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, speaking on the thirtieth anniversary of Telethon at the Quirinale.
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12:01 pm – 8 more dead in Iran, 34 in total
The toll on the coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19) in Iran still worsens. Another 8 people died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims to 34. The number of infected people also rose to 388, that is 143 more than yesterday. The Ministry of Health of Tehran reports it.
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11:51 am – Second case Holland, woman returned from Lombardy
Second coronavirus case confirmed in the Netherlands. The local media report it. It is a woman who has no apparent connection with the first case. The person, residing in Amsterdam, was in Lombardy last week and now in quarantine at his home.
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11: 48- Sixty cases in Germany
The German health minister has announced that there are at least sixty coronavirus cases in Germany, including those that are in good health and have no symptoms of the disease.
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11:32 am – Venice, cleaning of schools in view of reopening
Sanitation and cleaning operations were started on Friday at 7.00 am in kindergartens and nursery schools in Venice, in anticipation of their reopening for next Monday. This was announced by the mayor of the lagoon city, Luigi Brugnaro, through his Twitter profile. For these operations, 260 employees of the municipal company Ames returned to service. Thank you – adds Brugnaro – for taking care of our little ones.
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11:11 am – Istat, no increase in sanitizing prices
In February there was a sharp increase in sales of sanitizing products due to the Coronavirus emergency, without tensions on prices. They explained it to Istat in the press conference on inflation in February, specifying that the surveys arrive until Sunday 23rd (when the first cases had already appeared in the red areas). There is a sharp increase in the quantities sold – they explain – but there have been no price increases. However, the products constitute a marginal part of the overall basket and would not have effects on general inflation.
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11: 09- First cases in Wales and Northern Ireland, related to Italy
Coronavirus infections ascertained in the United Kingdom rise to 17: in the last hours the first infection was reported in Northern Ireland and – on Friday morning – the first in Wales, both on people from northern Italy (in the first case via Dublin) , as the BBC reports. The local Welsh and Northern Irish health authorities have ensured that they have taken all appropriate measures to contain the spread of the virus.
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11: 00- Conte enlists economists Mazzucato and Pauli
Economists Marianna Mazzucato and Gunter Pauli enter Palazzo Chigi to work on measures to contrast the economic effects of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has in fact appointed the two economists as his advisers to work on the various anti-coronavirus decrees. Mazzucato, Roman, but professionally raised in the United States, professor of Economics of innovation and public value at the University of London. Pauli is an economist of Belgian order, one of the first promoters of the blue economy, who makes sustainable development his pivot.
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10:41 am – Two new cases in Croatia, infections rise to 5
In Croatia, two new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed, bringing the number of infected to five. The ministry of health reported in Zagreb. These are family members or people who have had close and direct contact with the first patients registered in Croatia. The first case involved a boy who stayed in Milan in mid-February, while the second case affected a man who works in Parma.
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10:36 am – Geneva Motor Show canceled
The Geneva Motor Show will not take place because of the Coronavirus. The organization of the event has not yet officially communicated the decision but in light of the choice of the Swiss Federal Council to cancel all the events, public and private, which gather more than a thousand people, the cancellation of the Salone, which awaited us would have had between 500 thousand and 600 thousand visitors, it seems obvious.
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10:34 am – Iss confirms three cases of positivity in Campania
The Higher Institute of Health has just sent formal communication confirming the three cases of positivity in Campania. This was communicated by the strategic direction of the Colli Hospital, which reiterates that, during the day yesterday, the swabs were made on the contacts of the three who gave negative results. The three cases occurred in the Casertano, Salernitano and Naples areas.
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10:25 am – Switzerland bans events with over a thousand people
Until March 15, the Swiss government suspends all events in the country involving more than a thousand participants in an attempt to stop the new coronavirus infection. Large-scale events involving more than a thousand people must be banned. The ban will take effect immediately and will apply at least until March 15, explained the federal government. To date, nine positive cases have been reported in Switzerland.
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10:21 am – Fnom writes to Fontana, unprotected doctors
It cannot be accepted that our doctors are faced with the Covid-19 emergency without the personal protection equipment from the virus. The president of the National Federation of Medical Orders (Fnomceo) Filippo Anelli writes in a letter to the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana. A doctor who falls ill – he adds – a doctor removed from the national health service and the protection of the right to health.
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10:18 am – Brussels Airlines reduces flights to Italy
Due to the decline in bookings due to the Coronavirus emergency, the Belgian airline Brussels Airlines has announced that it has reduced the frequency of its flights to some of its destinations in Italy by 30% for the next two weeks. The decision – reads a note from the company – concerns flights to Linate, Malpensa, Rome, Venice and Bologna, between 2 and 14 March.
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10:10 am – Dog tested in Hong Kong, now in quarantine
The dog of a woman infected with Coronavirus was quarantined in Hong Kong after some samples taken from the animal tested positive for the virus. The authorities have announced this, according to which there is no risk of contagion by the animal. The dog has no symptoms of the disease, said the relevant ministry. But samples taken from the nasal and oral cavities were found positive for the Covid-19 virus, a spokesman said. The dog was picked up at his owner’s home on Wednesday, a 60-year-old woman hospitalized in solitary confinement. There is no evidence that animals like cats or dogs can transmit the virus to humans, but the ministry estimated that pets of infected people should be quarantined for 14 days. Further tests on the dog will be conducted, which will remain in isolation until negative.
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10:07 am – First case in Nice, he was returning from Milan
I was informed of a first case of Coronavirus diagnosed this morning at the Nice hospital. It is a woman who has returned from Milan. I inform you, with the intent of transparency: the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, writes on Twitter. The woman is a 23-year-old student from a fashion school.
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10:04 am – First case Lithuania, woman from Verona
Lithuania also records a first case of a positive person to the new coronavirus: the Ministry of Health of the Baltic country reports it on its official website, specifying that it is a woman who returned from Verona on 24 February. The woman now hospitalized in isolation in Siauliai, has no fever or other obvious symptoms of the disease. The Interfax agency reports.
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10:02 am – In Veneto the positive cases rose to 133
In Veneto, positive coronavirus cases rose to 133, of these 69 are asymptomatic and 29 hospitalized, two deaths recorded. The Veneto Region bulletin notes this, updated at 6.30 on Friday morning.
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9:44 am- Bags fell due to the consequences of the coronavirus
The Chinese stock exchanges collapse on fears of the spread of the coronavirus on a global scale: the Shanghai Composite index marks a thump of 3.71%, at 2,880.30 points, while that of Shenzhen registers one of 4.93%, at an altitude 1801.75. And Milan opens in sharp decline, -3%.
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9:33 am – Disney parks in Tokyo close until mid-March
The Tokyo DisneyLand and Tokyo DisneySea theme park will close for two weeks due to fears about the spread of the Coronavirus.
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9:27 am – South Korea 571 new cases in the last 24 hours
In the past 24 hours, 571 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in South Korea. Local authorities have made it known. The increase in the number of new cases far greater than that announced by China (327), where the disease appeared in December. South Korea now has a total of 2,337 infections.
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8:59 am – Committee determined to confirm Tokyo Olympics
The president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach said he was totally determined to confirm the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, despite the spread of the coronavirus epidemic all over the world. The Olympics are expected to start on July 24th.
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8: 49- Japan, a 70-year-old man died
A 70-year-old Japanese man who died after being infected with the coronavirus. The Japanese TV NHK reports it. The man had tested positive on February 13th. In Japan, nine people died of the coronavirus, of whom four were passengers of the cruise ship Diamond Princess.
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8:36 am – Easyjet will also cancel some routes
Coronavirus effect also for the airline Easyjet, which found a significant drop in demand, for which it announced that it will be forced to cancel some frequencies, in particular on routes to and from Italy, while continuing to monitor the situation and adapting the our flight schedule on demand.
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8:22 am – Germany, the total number of confirmed cases increases to 32
With several new cases of coronavirus infection ascertained, the total number of people infected in Germany tripled from 10 to 32 on Thursday 27 February. Most of the 20 infected are found in North Rhine-Westphalia. as reported by the newspaper Bild.
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8:14 am – Oil, collapse in the opening of the stock exchanges
Fear of a coronavirus pandemic causes oil prices to collapse. The WTI dropped 3.46% to $ 45.46 a barrel, Brent sold 1.39% to $ 50.79 a barrel.
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8: 11 am – Stop at Uae cycling tour: two positive Italians
The United Arab Emirates have decided to cancel the last two stages of the UAE Tour after two Italian staff members have been tested positive for coronavirus. Organizers, participants, staff members and anyone who came in contact with the two Italians are now taking the test to verify that they have not been infected. The decision was made to ensure the safety of all participants – it is emphasized -. Safety at the top of all priorities.
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7:42 am – British stops other flights to northern Italy
British Airways has decided to cancel new flights to northern Italy and to extend this measure, initially scheduled until March 11, at least until March 28. The BBC reports it. In addition to the connections to Milan, the British flag carrier has announced, 56 connections to various destinations will be interrupted, including Bologna, Venice and Turin. The connections with Seoul, which will be one day and one day, and six flights to Singapore until March 15 have also been reduced.
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7:28 am – First infected in Belarus, an Iranian
Belarus has announced its first case of coronavirus infection. an Iranian student who returned last week via Azerbaijan. the Ministry of Health has specified that its conditions are satisfactory and has announced that from now on all people arriving from Italy, Iran and South Korea as well as from China will be checked.
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7:27 am – First case in New Zealand, citizen returned from Iran
New Zealand confirmed the first Covid-19 case in the country. It is a 60-year-old man who arrived Wednesday from Iran and is currently hospitalized in Auckland hospital, as New Zealand Health Minister David Clark explained. New Zealand had announced a series of restrictive measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, some of which concerned travelers from Iran.
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7:20 am – First case in Holland, he had returned from northern Italy
Holland has announced the first case of coronavirus infection. The BBC reports it. It is a person in Tilburg in the south who had recently returned from northern Italy.
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