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
Update of February 23, 2020, 3:55 p.m .: After the closure of some Italian cities due to the new Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 , the Federal Government has contacted the authorities there. "Our embassy and the German consulates in Italy are in contact with the Italian authorities in the event that the Italian measures affect Germans," it said on Sunday from the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Returnees from the affected regions in northern Italy were advised to follow the relevant instructions from the Robert Koch Institute and the Federal Center for Health Education on their websites.
Despite drastic containment measures, the number of infections with the new type of corona virus has continued to rise in Italy . By Sunday afternoon, more than 130 Sars CoV-2 cases had been recorded. Around 90 infections were found in Lombardy alone. Numerous events were canceled as a precaution.
Coronavirus in Italy - now even affects Venice Carnival
Update from February 23, 2020, 1:05 p.m .:
The President of the Veneto Region commented on the measure, the
Venice Carnival
cancel. "We have to adapt to drastic measures," Zaia told reporters in the Veneto region. This includes the cancellation of the Venetian Carnival "and even more". The carnival celebrations, which actually run until Tuesday, initially continued on Sunday.
The city's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, said the decision rests with the regional president and the special crisis unit. When asked if Sunday was the last day of Carnival, he said: "Yes, it's not up to me to say that. It is possible."
Update from February 23, 2020, 12.30 p.m .: In Italy, the number of confirmed infections with the new virus Sars-CoV-2 has risen to 109. In Lombardy, 89 cases have now been recorded, said the president of the most affected region, Attilio Fontana, on SkyTG24 on Sunday. In addition, the northern Italian region of Veneto was affected, where according to the latest figures from Italian civil protection there were 17 infected people. There were also individual positive tests in the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont.
Fear of the spread of the corona virus in Italy: Carnival in Venice canceled
Update of February 23, 2020, 11:40 a.m .: The famous Venice Carnival is being canceled due to concerns about the spread of the corona virus in northern Italy. This was announced by the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, on Sunday.
Coronavirus in Italy: Dozens of cities quarantined
Update of February 23, 2020, 5.51 a.m .: The Italian government announced the isolation of about a dozen cities on Saturday due to concerns about the further spread of the new corona virus. In the areas considered to be epidemic centers, residents are neither allowed to enter nor to leave, said Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte. People could only move with "special exemptions". 79 infections have been reported in Italy so far, two people have died of lung disease Covid-19, according to authorities.
Conte also announced the closure of companies and schools, as well as the cancellation of public events such as carnival celebrations and sports competitions. The authorities therefore canceled three games of the first football league scheduled for Sunday; they should be made up for. Also affected is a game by the top club Inter Milan, which is still fighting for the championship.
The area particularly affected by the spread of the novel corona virus is around the Lombard city of Codogno , 60 km from Milan . From there, 54 cases were reported, from the neighboring region of Veneto 17. There were two other cases in Emilia-Romagna and one in the Piedmont region. Italy is the European country with the largest number of cases of infection recorded.
According to the authorities, most cases in Lombardy are based on a 38-year-old man who is now seriously ill with Covid-19 and is being treated in an intensive care unit. The sufferer is the first confirmed coronavirus case in Codogno. Among other things, according to the authorities, his pregnant wife and a friend infected him. Where the 38-year-old got the virus from is still unclear. Assumptions that an Italian researcher considered "patient zero" was the carrier were not confirmed.
Italy: Fear of Rapid Spread of the Corona Virus - “Extraordinary Measures”
Announcement of origin from February 22, 2020: Rome - In Italy , concerns about the spread of the coronavirus * are being avoided. 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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