Coronavirus: number of deaths in Italy increases - chaos in Tenerife hotel: "If one of us has it ..."

Corona virus: The number of infected people in Italy is increasing rapidly, eleven people die from the virus. The borders are not yet to be closed.

• The novel corona virus is spreading worldwide.
• In Italy has become the focal point in Europe, there are already eleven fatalities (as of February 25).
• The country fears the rapid spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus and is taking drastic measures.

Update from February 26th, 8:08 pm: German holidaymakers in the cordoned off hotel in Tenerife will have to extend their trip for better or worse . The house is in quarantine until further notice.

There is also a former picture journalist who describes to his ex-colleagues how the situation is developing. The guests were informed in an absolutely sterile manner via a slip of message that was pushed under the door. Although there is only an exit ban for the hotel , they are still asked to stay in their rooms.

Quarantined hotel in Tenerife: guests are only allowed to fetch coffee with a face mask

Thousands of bottles of water have been delivered and are ready in the foyer. Two meals are brought to guests' rooms daily. You can get fresh coffee yourself with a face mask .

"But we don't let the mood spoil us," the journalist remains in a good mood. He and his friends meet despite the warnings about playing cards. " If one of us has it, everyone has it anyway - we were together all week," he explains with a pinch of gallows humor.

He doesn't see the guests of the adjacent hotel in safety either . The curfew has only been in effect since 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening, before that he and his friends were there for a drink. "It may well be that there is now a quarantine alarm ," he fears.

Coronavirus in France: Minister of Health confirms second death - but remains optimistic

Meanwhile, good and very bad news comes from France . The French health minister, Agnès Buzyn, confirmed that twelve of the 18 infected French were healthy again . Unfortunately, he also has to report a second death .

Coronavirus: death toll in Italy is rising rapidly - man died in Paris

Update of February 26, 5:20 pm : Pope Francis (83) is not afraid of crowds. At the traditional general audience on St. Peter's Square with thousands of pilgrims, the Catholic head of the church approached the crowd on Wednesday, shaking hands and kissing children.

On the same day, the department responsible for archeology in the Vatican announced that the Christian catacombs were initially closed to visitors throughout the country due to the Sars CoV 2 outbreak.

Europe is hard hit by the corona virus. Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn is now sounding the alarm and is talking about the beginning of an epidemic.

Coronavirus in Italy: "International Health Crisis"

Update of February 26, 2:14 p.m .: EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides called on Wednesday all member countries to revise their pandemic plans with a view to the new corona virus . "The European Union is still in the containment phase, it is important to underline this," Kyriakides stressed to the press in Rome on Wednesday.

So it goes on to protect against a very large expansion. But the situation with the new lung disease could change quickly. This can also be seen in the recent outbreak in Italy. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has now occurred in 23 provinces:

The European Union is doing everything it can to protect its citizens from the new Corona virus, Kyriakides said. The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, emphasized that it was an international health crisis, not a national one.

Corona virus in Italy: death toll increases

Update of February 26, 1:37 pm : The death toll in Italy has continued to rise: 12 people have died of the Covid-19 virus. 374 people have contracted the Sars-CoV-2 virus, said civil defense in Rome on Wednesday. Four children in Lombardy, as the Italian news agency Ansa.it reports , test positive for the Covid-19: a 4-year-old girl, two 10-year-olds and another boy at the age of 15.

First Frenchman dies of corona virus

Update of February 26, 10:25 a.m .: One person died of the coronavirus in Paris (France), reports francetvinfo.fr . It is said to be a 60 year old man.

February 25, 8:21 pm update: France has reported two new infections with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. One of the victims was a Frenchman who had previously been in Lombardy, Italy, health director Jérôme Salomon said on Tuesday. The second person is a young Chinese woman who returned from China in early February. The health status of both patients is not of concern, the health director said. You would be treated in clinics.

There has been a Covid 19 death in France so far - an 80-year-old Chinese tourist died in mid-February. Eleven people were cured. With the new cases, the total number of infections reported in France increases to 14.

The coronavirus outbreak in Italy is worrying. The virus has arrived in Europe. Now there are first cases in Germany.

Corona virus in Italy: death toll continues to rise

Update of February 25, 6:35 pm: As Roberto Speranza, Minister of Health of Italy, explains at a press conference of the EU Ministers of Health in the evening, the borders with Italy should remain open for the time being. Accordingly, closing the borders is "disproportionate". The death toll has risen to 11, and the number of people infected in Italy is now 322.

Corona virus in Italy: Now the first case in Switzerland

Update from February 25, 5:05 p.m .: The Federal Office of Public Health has confirmed the first Cornona virus case in Switzerland. A 70-year-old man from the canton of Ticino is said to have been infected. He had previously been in Milan. The office announces further information for 5 p.m.

Update of February 25, 3:53 p.m .: The first confirmed coronavirus case in Switzerland , the media report. One person is said to have tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus on Tuesday. Kraotien also reported the first known coronavirus case on Tuesday. The young man lies isolated in a clinic in the capital in Zagreb. The government said he had just returned from Milan a few days ago.

Corona virus in Italy: Deutsche Post suspends delivery of parcels

Update from February 25, 3:14 p.m .: Deutsche Post has suspended the delivery of parcels in affected regions in northern Italy . On Tuesday, a post spokeswoman for the dpa said that the pick-up and delivery of the items via Italian partners are currently not taking place in the communities of the regions most affected.

When sending letters, Swiss Post works with local partner companies, DHL is active worldwide as a deliverer for parcels - and thus also in Italy.

The international spread of the corona virus has meanwhile also had consequences for the German economy.

Italian holidaymakers tested positive for the corona virus - 1000 hotel guests in quarantine

Update from February 25, 11:54 am : An Italian vacationer was tested positive for the corona virus on the popular holiday island of Tenerife. The hotel, in which the Italian (69) was housed, has now been sealed off from the outside world. The hotel was quarantined, reports the blick.ch news portal.

1000 tourists are said to be trapped in the facility. Tests should now show whether other guests have contracted the virus. The Ministry of Health has activated the Corona emergency protocol on the Canary Island of Tenerife. The hotel was placed under "sanitary control," but not quarantined, a spokeswoman for the local health agency told AFP on Tuesday. The agency spokeswoman said that the Italian's second virus test is currently being awaited. This will probably be available "in the afternoon or evening".

The affected hotel H10 Costa Adeje Palace has 467 rooms and can also be booked in Germany via the tour operator Tui.

The corona virus has now arrived in Austria. Two cases of infection are reported from Tyrol.

Coronavirus: first case in southern Italy

Update from February 25, 10:10 am : A woman from Bergamo tested positive for the corona virus on vacation in Palermo , reports the Italian news agency Ansa.it. After the appearance of flu symptoms, the tourist was checked for the Sars-CoV-2 in a hospital. The woman was traveling with a group as a tourist. A quarantine has been set up for everyone, it is said. It is the first Covid19 case in southern Italy.

In the Aosta Valley, however, the suspected coronavirus cases have not been confirmed, says Ansa.it. South Tyrol , on the other hand, is probably the first coronavirus infection . The young South Tyrolean had previously stayed in Castiglione d'Adda. His second test was positive, the authorities said. However, the man shows "currently no symptoms."

The focus of the Coronavirus outbreak in Italy has so far affected regions in the north of the country:

• Lombardy
• Veneto
• Piedmont
• Liguria
• Emilia Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• South-Tirol

Corona virus in Italy: football games without spectators

Update of February 25, 9:16 a.m .: Italy allows matches of the first soccer league to be played without spectator participation. The minister initially did not say which league games will be affected by the measure next weekend.

It was also announced on Tuesday that the Europa League encounter between Inter Milan and Bulgarian champion Ludogorets Rasgrad will also be held in front of empty seats at the San Siro stadium this Thursday. Milan is in the Lombardy region, which is particularly affected by the corona virus. Italy is currently by far the country with the most recorded corona cases in Europe.

Italian tourist brings corona virus to popular Spanish holiday island - death toll continues to rise

Update of February 25, 7:08 am : The Spanish health authorities have diagnosed a new coronavirus case in the country. On the Canary Island of Tenerife, a visitor from Italy had been tested positive for the new virus, the television reported on Tuesday night, citing the local health authorities. According to the broadcaster RTVE, the man is a 69-year-old from Lombardy, the area most affected by the virus in northern Italy at the moment. A German had previously tested positive on the Canary Island of La Gomera. The man has already been released.

On the mainland, according to RTVE data in Valladolid, a young man was examined who had recently returned from Milan "with symptoms of a respiratory infection". An investigation result is still pending. In Italy and South Korea, infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus have recently skyrocketed.

The infectious disease is still raging worst in China. As the Beijing Health Commission announced on Tuesday, another 71 people were killed by the disease called Covid-19 . The total number of victims in China rose to 2,663 . The number of infections detected rose by 508 to 77,658 .

Coronavirus alarm: Seven fatalities in Italy

Update at 10.45 p.m .: After counting the most recorded coronavirus cases in Europe in Italy , the country reacted with drastic measures. The President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) believes that foreclosure of entire communities due to the Corona virus as in Italy is impossible in Germany. "I cannot imagine quarantine of entire towns in Germany," said Lothar H. Wieler on Monday evening in the "Today Journal" of ZDF in Mainz. People would then have to be provided with food and water, but also with medical help. That is very difficult in a quarantine area. Italy has cordoned off several municipalities because of the corona virus.

The new virus has come closer to Germany , Wieler stated. "It is very clear that the likelihood increases that we will continue to see more cases in Germany in the future." The health system must continue to make efforts to identify cases early and to limit their spread. Many doctors and people in this country are attentive and would probably be tested for the virus in good time, so that there is still a chance that an outbreak in Germany could be contained.

Update at 9.30 p.m .: Now the German Press Agency (dpa), citing government officials, confirmed that at least seven infected people had died of the coronavirus in Italy by early Monday evening - all had previous illnesses. The number of proofs of infection rose to more than 220, as civil protection chief Angelo Borrelli said in the evening in Rome. The drastic measures in Italy, such as restricted areas, could not prevent the spread. More than 25 people are in the intensive care unit. On the previous evening there were still around 150 reported infected people. Italy is currently by far the country with the most recorded coronavirus cases in Europe.

Update at 19:53: After the corona virus in Italy has already claimed several lives , Ferrari has reacted to the tense situation. As the dpa reports with reference to a statement by the sports car manufacturer, its museums in Maranello and Modena are to be closed until March 1 for the time being. Employees from the affected areas or who were visiting there initially had restricted access; all external visits including factory tours were canceled. Ferrari also wants to continue to monitor the situation closely and take further measures if necessary. It remains to be seen whether these will also have an impact on the work of the Formula 1 team and the German world champion driver Sebastian Vettel. A race has already been canceled due to the corona virus.

Update at 5.46 p.m .: While Bild.de speaks of seven fatalities from the corona virus in Italy (see our report below), the German Press Agency (dpa) speaks of six fatalities. According to dpa, five people died in Lombardy, as the health official of the northern Italian region announced on Monday. The dead are older people. Lombardy is the most affected region in Italy.

Update, 4:50 p.m . : There is a seventh fatality in Italy . As the picture reports, it is an 80-year-old man from Lombardy . He had been treated in a clinic in the city of Lodi last week after a heart attack. According to the picture , the doctors assume that he has contracted other patients .

Corona virus: Six deaths in Italy - gloomy forecast now for Germany

Update, 4.10 p.m .: After the spread of the corona virus in Italy , the German Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) expressed himself in Berlin. In view of the situation in northern Italy, Germany is also preparing for a serious situation. "The Corona epidemic has arrived in Europe as an epidemic," said Spahn. One must expect that the Covid-19 * propagated in the form of a pandemic. The federal government also anticipates spreading in Germany .

So far, 16 coronavirus infections have been reported in Germany. However, experts warn that there are likely to be other undetected cases. When asked whether entire cities could be closed off in the Federal Republic after a major outbreak, Jens Spahn stated that theoretically a lot is conceivable. However, there are "many intermediate stages". The Health Minister further emphasized: "We always respond appropriately and proportionately."

Corona virus outbreak in Italy: Sixth person dies - Lombard victim

Update, 3:30 p.m .: As the Italian broadcaster RAI reports, a sixth person died in Italy from the corona virus. According to initial information, it is a woman from the Lombardy region . Apparently the patient had also developed cancer.

Coronavirus: death toll increased - 88-year-old from Lombardy died

Update, 1:40 p.m .: The fifth coronavirus infection died in Italy. The 88-year-old was killed in Lombardy, civil protection chief Angelo Borrelli said in Rome on Monday.

As the coronavirus continues to spread in Italy, the question of the origin of the disease arises. A dramatic search for "patient zero" is underway.

Coronavirus in Italy: number of infected people soars - 212 cases confirmed

Update from February 24, 12.25 p.m .: The number of people infected with the coronavirus * in Italy is skyrocketing. According to national civil protection, there are now 212 confirmed cases, reports RTL . Most recently, 165 people were affected. Four people have died of lung disease in Italy so far.

Soldiers wear face masks and patrol the Milan Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo).

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Coronavirus: Austrian hospital staff in quarantine - It attended the Venice Carnival

Update from February 24, 11.35 a.m .: In Styria in Austria , eleven hospital employees are in quarantine at home - they were on a trip to Italy before. As the Austrian portal oe24.at reports, the employees of a clinic had visited the Carnival in Venice . They had informed the hospital management about this while they were still on their way home. You will now remain in quarantine for twelve days.

The Styrian hospital company had decided to take this step, which was a "pure precaution". Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg, CEO of the hospital company, is quoted on oe24.at. "We rely on the greatest possible security to rule out every conceivable possibility of infection ," continued Tscheliessnigg.

Coronavirus: man dies in clinic in Bergamo - hamster purchases in supermarkets

Update from February 24th, 10:05 am: Details of the fourth casualty in Italy are now known. It is an 84-year-old man. He died in a clinic in Bergamo. Attilio Fontana , regional president of Lombardy , said that the man had previously had other medical conditions.

The spread of Covid-19 in Lombardy has increased rapidly - 165 people are currently infected. The Italian region is considered the most affected. However, Fontana asked the people of Lombardy not to buy hamsters . “The race for food doesn't make sense. The deliveries are secured, ”he said. In advance, pictures appeared that showed empty supermarket shelves in Milan . Long lines of people formed at the cash registers .

Ten municipalities in the province of Lodi in Lombardy are now considered restricted areas because of the corona virus *. They are south of Milan . Another municipality in Veneto was sealed off.

Coronavirus: Fourth death in Italy - Bergamo man dies

Update of February 24, 9:03 am : According to media reports, Italy reports a fourth death. According to corriere.it, the dead person is said to be an 84-year-old man from Bergamo.

Update of February 24, 6.58 a.m .: There was uncertainty on Sunday evening for hours. 500 rail passengers were stuck at the Brenner. Austrian authorities had stopped train traffic between Italy and Austria. The all-clear at around midnight - the suspected coronavirus cases had not been confirmed. Two women with cough and fever had tested negative for Covid19. All passengers were allowed to travel on. On Monday, train traffic between Germany, Austria and Italy will go according to plan again, said Deutsche Bahn.

152 infected and three deaths were reported in Italy, the Italian news agency Ansa.it said . The virus had been detected in the third deceased, but the 78-year-old suffered from cancer.

The north of Italy is quarantined. Schools are closed. Universities in Piedmont, Veneto and Genoa a week close. Trade fairs in Venice canceled, the Milan Cathedral is also closed to visitors.

Coronavirus escalation: Austria stops trains to and from Italy

Update from February 23, 9:37 p.m .: Austria has completely stopped train traffic with Italy. This was announced by the Austrian railway company ÖBB on Sunday evening. Accordingly, all train connections with neighboring Austria will be suspended. The reason: fear of coronavirus infections. Two rail passengers coming from Italy are suspected of being infected with the corona virus. A Eurocity that started in Venice and had its destination in Munich was stopped at the Brenner border crossing on Sunday evening.

Corona virus in Italy: several cities cordoned off, three people already killed - panicked hamster purchases

Update of February 22, 2020, 7:50 p.m .: There is great panic in large parts of northern Italy, mainly in Lombardy and Veneto, where 89 and 25 cases of corona infection have already been reported. Sanctions such as the quarantine of a dozen municipalities and the ban on entry and entry for around 50,000 affected people are currently causing hamster purchases and long lines in front of the supermarkets.

Corona virus in Italy: affected people hoard food - supermarkets overwhelmed

Those affected are already hoarding food for the coming days because an attempt to leave the restricted area is punished with an arrest . In a supermarket in the city of Casalpusterlengo, according to the picture , only 20 people are admitted, who need ten minutes to fill the baskets. Citizens currently only dare to go out on the streets, if at all, with suitable mouth guards .

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The third death on Sunday triggered additional panic in the blocked communities. A 78-year-old woman who already had cancer died of the coronavirus. The other two fatalities were 77 and 78 years old.

Coronavirus in Italy: Armani show at Fashion Week without an audience

The Milan Fashion Week is also affected by the largest outbreak of the Corona virus in Europe in northern Italy. The Giorgio Armani show scheduled for Sunday, in which the fall / winter 2020/21 women's collection was presented, was held without an audience due to the high risk of infection. The show was only broadcast online via livestream. "The decision was made for the benefit of my guests so as not to expose them to a large crowd," said fashion designer Armani.

Coronavirus in Italy: 130 cases already recorded - Three deaths already

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 detected in Lombardy alone, and the number of deaths rose to three. Numerous events were canceled as a precaution.

Corona virus: fear is widespread in Italy.

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Coronavirus in Italy - now even affects Venice Carnival

Update of February 23, 2020, 1:05 p.m .: The President of the Veneto Region has commented on the measure to cancel the Venice Carnival. "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 not allowed to enter or 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. A game by the top club Inter Milan, which is still fighting for the championship, is also affected.

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 who was 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 * 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. The pathogen was therefore 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. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met for crisis talks with the country's civil protection agency . "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 were on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess", on which there had been hundreds of infected two weeks have been quarantined because the risk of infection is 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 several travel warnings from the Federal Foreign Office because of the corona virus.

EU Health Ministers meet in Rome on Tuesday. The question remains: is Germany prepared for an emergency?

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