Eleven killed by corona in Italy Abroad

The death toll in Italy has risen by four to eleven. Three deceased patients are in their 80s from the Lombardy region, says the head of the civil protection service. The Veneto region reports that a 76-year-old woman died in the northern city of Treviso. The other victims in Italy were also 70 or older and already had health problems.

Corona was also previously detected in Germany and France. This did not lead to fatalities.

• An infection was also detected for the first time in Croatia and Switzerland.
• Two corona infections in Tyrol’s winter sports region.
• Also corona infection in the Italian region of Tuscany.
• Tuesday morning first infection detected in southern Italy.

One of the two cases of infection in Tuscany concerns a tourist in the city of Florence.

Austria

The authorities in Innsbruck have quarantined a large hotel in the city center because of the new corona virus. An Italian receptionist worked at the Grand Hotel Europa who contracted the virus. Her home in Innsbruck is also isolated.

The first cases of the virus in Austria were reported in Innsbruck on Tuesday. They are two 24-year-old men who live there. They were taken to a hospital.

Spain

In the Spanish coastal region of Catalonia, an infection with the new corona virus has been reported for the first time. Earlier infections had been reported on the Spanish island of Majorca and the Canary Islands, but the virus has now also reached the Spanish mainland.

The health authorities in Catalonia will come on Tuesday afternoon during a press conference with more information, reports local media.

Croatia

An infection was also detected for the first time in Croatia. According to Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, this is also a young man. He has been admitted to a hospital in Zagreb. The patient was in Milan from 19 to 21 February.

Switzerland

The corona virus has reached the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The first infection was recorded there in Switzerland. The Minister of Health, Alain Berset, told journalists that the country is well prepared and the government is keeping a close eye on the situation. The virus was diagnosed in a 70-year-old man in the southern canton of Ticino. He must have contracted the new corona virus at a meeting in mid-February in Milan.

Almost 70,000 people go from Italy to Ticino, who speaks Italian, every day to work there. According to Berset, there are no travel restrictions. Ticino is a sort of cove in the Italian region of Lombardy. Most of the coronavirus cases were found there in Italy.

Southern Italy

A case of coronavirus was also reported in southern Italy on Tuesday morning. It is about a woman from the northern Italian city of Bergamo. Authorities in the Sicilian city of Palermo said they tested positive for the virus. She was admitted to a hospital with flu symptoms and placed in quarantine.

North-Italy

The region most affected is Lombardy, where so far 212 people have tested positive for the presence of the corona virus. Ten people died of the virus in Italy. More than 320 Italians have been infected.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday that Italy is a safe country for tourism, “probably safer than many others,” he said at a press conference.

Romania

The Romanian authorities argue that corona infections have already been reported in the country. State Secretary for Health Andrei Baciu says that no-one has yet tested positive for the virus. “So far there have only been negative test results.”

A Romanian television channel had previously reported that a man with the virus had been admitted to a specialized hospital in the capital, Bucharest. According to medical sources, that patient returned a few weeks ago from Italy, where around 1.3 million Romanians live and work.

School closed

A school in the north-west of England was closed on Tuesday after the return of a group of students and teachers who had been on skiing holidays in Italy, SkyNews reported. The principal wants to “minimize the risk of infection” and keeps the school in Northwitch closed for the rest of the week.

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