12:14 - The Pope at Angelus: "Stop all wars" - The Pope asks to stop all wars in this time of pandemic and to create corridors for humanitarian aid. Thus Francesco re-launched the appeal of the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres for a "global and immediate ceasefire" in all corners of the world ". "The current emergency for Covid-19 - the Pope underlined at Angelus - knows no frontiers. I join all those who have accepted this appeal and I invite everyone to follow up by stopping all forms of war hostility".
11:59 - In Iran 2,640 deaths, over 38,300 infected - The official death toll from coronaviruses in Iran rises to 2,640, an increase of 123 in the last 24 hours: the spokesman of the Tehran Ministry of Health announced that it also records 2,901 people tested positive for the swab, which increase the total number of infected people confirmed in the country to 38,309. The people healed, the government announces, is 12,391.
11:49 - In Spain over 6,500 deaths, +838 in 24 hours - Spain has exceeded 6,500 deaths from coronaviruses, with an increase of 838 deaths in just 24 hours: the latter figure which constitutes a new record although only six more cases than yesterday. This was announced in the updated bulletin of the newspaper El Pais, which records 78,797 cases of infection with 4,907 people in intensive care and 14,709 recovered in the country.
11:42 - Boccia: "Shortly after the mask crisis" - "Ministers Di Maio and Guerini have done an extraordinary job, Foreign and Defense are working full time to ensure the arrival of masks from all over the world. We have ordered over 150 million masks from China: the first ones have already arrived and will arrive every week. I am sure that as regards personal devices, in a few days the crisis will surely be overcome. During an emergency, a state has the strength to buy around the world and it is a force that the Regions do not have ". The Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia told Sky Tg24. On intensive care "a substantial part of the country today is quite safe - explained Boccia - We started with the organization of the Regions with 5,324 places in Italy of intensive care a month ago, today we are already almost 9,000: they are almost doubled In a week we will be 100% and we did it thanks to the contribution of the state ".
11:35 - Boccia: "Measures expiring on April 3 will be lengthened" - "Measures expiring on April 3 will inevitably be lengthened. The time will be decided by the Council of Ministers, as has always happened, on the basis of an investigation that the scientific community is doing. I think that at this moment talking about reopening is inappropriate and irresponsible. We all want to go back to normal, but first we have to turn on one switch at a time ". The Minister for Regional Affairs Francesco Boccia told Sky Tg24.
11:21 - Hope: "We are in the midst of the epidemic, we keep our guard high" - "We are still in the midst of the epidemic. It would be a serious mistake to let our guard down right now". This was stated by Health Minister Roberto Speranza. "It would end up - says the minister - to thwart what has been done to date. The sacrifices of these weeks are serious. Epidemiologists say that the first effects of containment are seen. However, we are not yet changing the phase. It will serve - he warns - time and graduality ".
11:11 - MIF-banks task force for the rapid implementation of Cura-Italy - MIF, Bank of Italy, Abi and Mediocredito centrale (Mcc) have created a task force to ensure the efficient and rapid use of support measures to the liquidity adopted with the Dl Cura-Italia. This is stated in a joint note in which it is recalled that the Decree provides for a moratorium until 30 September for loans for micro-enterprises, SMEs, professionals and sole proprietorships, while the operations of the Guarantee Fund for the
SME, managed by the McCM, has been strengthened and expanded.
10:49 - Alarm by Confesercenti: lost 18 billion in revenues - "Italian companies are now out of liquidity: the lockdown arranged to contain contagions has led to an unsustainable fall in revenues, with a loss quantifiable in about 18 billion euros, of which 11.5 to be paid by the companies of commerce, tourism and catering ". This is the alarm launched by Confesercenti, according to which "to stem this shock it is necessary to act on the credit lever, but the loan facilitation mechanisms implemented by Cura-Italia are not working". The coronavirus emergency, says the association of traders, "has come in an already difficult situation: last year alone, the stock of loans to businesses has fallen by about 16 billion euros. And the drying up of liquidity caused by the lockdown is set to worsen: already now, on an annual basis, it is plausible to expect a contraction in household consumption of around € 30 billion ".
8:24 - Johns Hopkins University: over 30,000 deaths worldwide - In the world, people who officially died of coronavirus have exceeded 30,000, one third of which in Italy alone, reaching 30,848, according to the updated count of Johns Hopkins University, which places the global figure of confirmed infections at almost 665,000, with the United States in the lead (124,665). The counter of the American University places the global number of healed at over 140,200, 12,384 of which in Italy, second in this ranking only to China (over 75,500 healed).
6:45 - China, 44 cases imported and one internal - China registered 45 new cases of contagion from coronavirus on Saturday, of which 44 imported and one in the province of Henan. According to the National Health Commission (NHC), return infections have risen to 693, becoming a source of concern for Beijing after the progressive opening of Hubei and its capital Wuhan, the outbreak of the pandemic, because areas with "new infections eliminated" . There are 3,300 deaths (+5, all in Hubei). The total cases are 81,439, of
of which 2,691 under medical treatment and 75,448 healed.
5:40 - South Korea, new cases drop to 105 - South Korea has recorded 105 new cases of coronavirus infection (from 146 on Friday), half of which imported, while 222 were discharged from hospitals, at 5,033, for a cure rate of 52.52%. According to the latest updates reported on Saturday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kcdc), deaths have increased to 152 (+8), while imported infections have risen to 412 out of a total of 9,583 cases overall.
4:51 - Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau's wife healed - Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, wife of the Prime Minister of Canada, announced that she was cured of the coronavirus. "I feel much better," he wrote in a long Facebook message in which he thanks the health workers, remembers how complex the period is and highlights the difficulties in being alone. "The physical distance needed at this time to protect each other - he concludes - should encourage us to create greater emotional closeness. We follow the advice of doctors, we don't go out".
1:31 - Trump: "Quarantine for New York not necessary" - A quarantine for the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut "will not be necessary". Donald Trump tweets it. "I asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a strong travel advisory, which will be administered by the governors" of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut "in consultation with the federal government."
23:47 - Over 2,000 deaths in the US, 121,117 cases - Coronavirus deaths in the United States exceed 2,000: according to data from Johns Hopkins University, there are 2,010. The confirmed cases are 121,117.
23:21 - Gualtieri: "Now the EU Commission is really working on every option" - "We take note of the clarification provided by the President of the European Commission von Der Leyen regarding the wrong words about coronabonds. Now the Commission is really working on all possible options, none excluded. There is no time to waste. " Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri wrote on Twitter.
23:13 - Hope: "In 9,448 for the call for nurses" - "Italy has a big heart. I'm proud of it. The call for civil protection has just closed for 500 nurses willing to work on the field to fight the new coronavirus. 9,448 women and men of all ages and from all regions participated. Thank you. Together we will make it. " Health Minister Roberto Speranza writes it on Fb.
21:52 - WHO: 2,650 infections and 49 deaths in Africa - There are 2,650 cases of coronavirus in Africa, according to the WHO regional office. The data relate to the 47 African nations that are part of the World Health Organization. There are 49 victims of Covid-19 in the same areas.
21:42 - Egypt, an Italian among the 6 dead yesterday - "An 73-year-old Italian" is among the six people whose coronavirus death was announced yesterday in Egypt. This is what emerges from a post on the Facebook page of the Egyptian Ministry of Health that provides today's balance. "Six deaths including a 73-year-old Italian and five Egyptians between 57 and 78 years of age from the governorates of Cairo, Damietta, Minya and Port Said", informs the dicastery indicating in 40 the number of new cases of Covid-19 in the Country which bring the total to 576. The deaths are now 36 and the healings 121.
21:39 - Von der Leyen: "Limited tax space for new instruments" - "The European Council has mandated the Eurogroup to present proposals within the next few weeks. The Commission will participate in these discussions and will be ready to provide assistance, if supported from the Eurogroup. This is necessary because the fiscal space for the new instruments is limited, since we are in the last year of the MFF ". So the President of the EU Commission von der Leyen. "In parallel, the Commission is working on proposals for the recovery phase under existing treaties."
21:34 - Von der Leyen: "No option excluded within the limits of the Treaty" - "At this moment, the Presidency does not exclude any option within the limits of the Treaty". So the President of the EU Commission von der Leyen. "As a first step we are working on a full flexibility of the existing funds, such as the structural funds. This will provide immediate support. To ensure recovery, the Commission will propose changes to the proposal of the MFF (the multi-annual EU budget) which will allow to face the consequences of the coronavirus crisis, "adds the Commission note.