- The virus continues to spread. New cases have been detected in Kuwait, Bahrain and Afghanistan, so far spared.
- Italy is particularly affected by the Covid-19. Four infected people died and 165 were infected.
- China, the epicenter of this coronavirus, has given up on reducing quarantine in the city of Wuhan, more than two months after the discovery of this highly viral virus.
- There are now nearly 2,620 dead and 80,000 people infected worldwide.
9:45. China postpones the annual session of parliament. This is an unprecedented decision for almost 30 years.
9:35. Quarantined cities. Since the first death of an Italian, Friday, Italy has taken many precautionary measures in the north of the country, where two weeks of quarantine have been put in place for eleven cities. Read our report in Codogno, a city under cover.
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9:30. Fourth death in Italy. An 84-year-old man died overnight in a Lombardy hospital as a result of the new coronavirus, a regional health official announced on Monday. The man is the third victim in the Lombardy region, while the north of Italy experienced an outbreak of cases this weekend.
9:20. The first case detected in Afghanistan. The patient recently arrived from Iran, said Firozuddin Feroz, the Afghan health minister, before declaring a "state of emergency" in Herat province, bordering Iran.
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9:10. In Iran, 12 dead. "The Minister of Health has announced the death of 12 people and 47 cases of infection in the country", this semi-official news agency Isna wrote on Monday, quoting remarks made to the press by MP Assadollah Abbasi , Spokesman for the Office of Parliament. After China, the country has the highest number of deaths.
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8:45. First cases in Kuwait and Bahrain. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health said three people - a 53-year-old Kuwaiti national, a 61-year-old Saudi and a 21-year-old stateless person - returning from Iran, tested positive for the virus while in Manama, the Ministry of Health announced that a Bahraini, returning from Iran, had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
8:30. Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, continues to quarantine. The Chinese city gave up on Monday to lighten the quarantine measures in place for a month, reverting to an announcement made a few hours earlier. Since January 23, its 11 million inhabitants have been placed in quarantine. Wuhan had initially announced that non-residents could leave the city under conditions. This announcement was declared “invalid”, specified the town hall later.