The corona virus has been in the headlines worldwide for weeks. Now the fear of a rapid spread is spreading in Italy. The conditions are already dramatic.
- The novel corona virus is spreading worldwide.
- Several new infections have recently been reported in Italy.
- The country fears the rapid spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus
Rome - Italy is concerned about the spread of the coronavirus *. The country already has the highest number of infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus in Europe and has already declared an emergency *. The number of confirmed infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus has risen to seven in Veneto, the president of the region, Luca Zaia, reported on Saturday. Accordingly, the pathogen was detected, among other things, in the woman and a daughter of the man who is believed to be Italy's first Covid 19 death victim . In total, almost 40 documents were recorded in the country by Saturday afternoon.
Corona virus in Italy: fear of spreading the virus - counted most infected people in Europe
Italian civil defense spoke of a second victim whose death was attributable to the lung disease Covid-19 caused by Sars-CoV-2 . The first dead is a 78-year-old in Veneto, the second is a woman in Lombardy . The pensioner died on Friday before a final confirmation of coronavirus infection was reported. For the woman, too, there was initially no definitive confirmation.
The global spread of the corona virus has been in the headlines for weeks. The chronology of the disease * explains how this could have happened. The virus is also a major issue for air passengers. You can find out here how flight passengers should behave *.
Lombardy with 27 new infections of the coronavirus: schools and shops in the region closed.
In ten municipalities in Lombardy , schools and most of the shops were temporarily closed. Around 50,000 residents are encouraged to stay at home if possible. Major events such as services , carnivals and sports events were prohibited. Measures were also prepared in Veneto to prevent the virus from spreading further. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met for crisis talks with the civil protection authority in the country. "New extraordinary measures" should be considered, wrote Conte on Facebook .
Cruise ship passengers from Japan landed in Rome - Quarantine ordered
On Saturday morning (February 22nd) an army plane with 19 Italians landed in Rome . They had been quarantined for two weeks on the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship, which had hundreds of people infected, because the risk of infection was very high. The Italian returnees are now being quarantined in a military complex in Rome.
Coronavirus in Italy: Breathe deeply in the first infected - Italians have recovered
Good news came to the first three known infected people in Italy - an Italian who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which was badly affected by the epidemic, and an elderly Chinese tourist couple. The Italian had recovered from the infection, his discharge was imminent, said the treating Roman Spallanzani hospital . The virus was also no longer detectable in the Chinese husband. Nevertheless, there are already numerous travel warnings from the Federal Foreign Office because of the corona virus.
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