The situation in Italy after the Corona outbreak remains very serious. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now classified a region as a risk area. This causes misunderstanding.
- The novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 * is spreading in Italy .
- Northern Italy in particular is particularly hard hit by Covid-19 .
- The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now classified a region as a risk area.
Update of March 6, 2020, 2:54 p.m .: There is now a first coronavirus case in the Vatican. In the Vatican Clinic, a patient tested positive for the new type of corona virus on Thursday, as Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Friday.
Corona virus in Italy: South Tyrol amazes at Germany
Update from March 6, 2020, 2:47 p.m .: South Tyrol reacted with misunderstanding to the classification as a coronavirus risk area by Germany. The province in northern Italy complies with all national and international requirements for testing for the pathogen of the new lung disease, a spokeswoman for the governor Arno Kompscher said in Bozen to the news agency dpa. South Tyrol itself has so far only registered two Sars CoV-2 cases of infection . One of them has not yet been confirmed by the relevant authorities in Rome. The second person is already on the way to recovery.
Coronavirus outbreak in Italy: Federal Foreign Office updates travel advice
Update of March 6, 2020, 1:09 p.m .: The Federal Foreign Office has updated the travel and safety information for Italy and is now advising against traveling to South Tyrol . "It is currently not advisable to travel to the regions of South Tyrol, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy as well as to the city of Vo in the province of Padua in the Veneto region," the Foreign Office website reads.
Corona virus alert in Italy: South Tyrol classified as a risk area
First report from March 6, 2020
Berlin - According to the EU authority ECDC, the number of coronavirus infections in Europe rose to around 4,200 cases on Thursday. The epicenter is Italy. According to civil defense, there are 148 dead and more than 3800 infected in Italy alone (as of March 6, 2019).
After Italy had already closed schools and universities across the country, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) classified South Tyrol as a risk area on Thursday evening. In addition, the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna , Lombardy and the city of Vo in the province of Padua in the Veneto region are also considered risk areas - as are regions in China, South Korea and Iran.
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 risk areas according to the RKI
- In China: Hubei Province (including Wuhan City)
- In Iran: Qom Province, Tehran
- In Italy: South Tyrol, Emilia-Romagna region, Lombardy region and the city of Vo in the province of Padua in the Veneto region.
- In South Korea: Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (North Gyeongsang)
The Robert Koch Institute defines risk areas as follows: "Risk areas are areas in which continued transmission from person to person (" ongoing community transmission ") can be suspected. To determine this, the Robert Koch Institute uses various indicators (including the frequency of illnesses "Dynamics of the daily reported number of cases, measures (eg quarantine of entire cities or areas), exported cases to other countries / regions. The situation is reassessed every day, the risk areas are adjusted if necessary."
Corona virus in the EU: do the borders remain open?
Despite the rapid spread of the corona virus, Health Minister Jens Spahn is against travel restrictions * within the European Union. "I still find any measure that leads to the restriction of travel traffic across the border, given what we know about the virus status today, not appropriate," said the CDU politician on Friday before a special EU meeting in Brussels. "And if we had a consensus there today, I would find it an important signal."
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