Because of the corona virus, hundreds of tourists were quarantined on a small island in Italy. In the rest of the country, too, the number of cases is rising dramatically again.
- Because of the coronavirus *tourists are stuck on a mini-island in Italy (see first report from August 19) .
- The vacationers are allowed to leave the island after a mass corona test (see update from August 20 ).
- In the rest of Italy , high case numbers are again causing concern.
Update from August 21, 12:13 p.m.: Not only in Sardinia , the reports recently gave little courage, the number of cases is also increasing massively in the rest of Italy . The Italian Ministry of Health reported 845 new cases within 24 hours on Thursday. This means that the number of new infections every day is higher than it has been since mid-May .
The worrying development is particularly evident in the northern regions of Lombardy (154 new cases) and Veneto (159 new cases) as well as in the Lazio region , which also includes the capital Rome (115 new cases). While many older people were previously infected, there are now many young people who become infected. The Italian government reacted to the worrying trend last week and ordered discos across the country to close . At the same time, she imposed a night mask requirement in public places. This applies from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. In La Maddalena, where 470 people were recently stuck in a holiday complex (see first report from August 19) , the mayor Luca Carlo Montella has decided that additional masks are required in the center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., as he announced on Facebook .
Corona shock on vacation in Italy: According to test results - vacationers are allowed to go home
Update from August 20 : New developments on the coronavirus- affected Italian island of Santo Stefano . The test results of the 470 people present are known. As the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano reports, Covid-19 was detected in 26 smears. People had to wait five days for the results.
With the certainty that they have not been infected with the corona virus, the tourists are now allowed to leave the small island. The authorities had previously refused to leave the country ( see first report ). However, those who tested positive have to remain in Santo Stefano and remain in quarantine .
Corona shock on vacation in Italy: Hundreds of tourists are stuck on mini-island
Initial report from August 19 : La Maddalena / Cagliari - This is exactly the situation that no vacationer wants at the moment : In a resort on the Italian mini-island of Santo Stefano there was a positive test for the corona virus . A total of around 470 vacationers and employees now have to remain in quarantine on the small island in the Maddalena archipelago . The coronavirus * was confirmed in an employee of the hotel complex. The Sardinian Health Minister Mario Nieddu then ordered that no one could leave the island as long as there were no test results from all of the around 470 people present.
#coronavirus # Covid_19 Addetto resort positivo, 475 in quarantena a La Maddalena https://t.co/5dOWDUrbPX
- Giuseppe_Moscuzza (@Pippo_Moscuzza) August 19, 2020Corona shock on an Italian mini-island: quarantine for hundreds of tourists
Two tourists tried to cross to the mainland despite the quarantine ordered. They were arrested by the police on the way to the airport in Olbia and prevented from leaving. In addition, the crisis team in Cagliari announced that there were a total of twelve new corona cases. Ten of them are in the coastal town of Proto Rotondo. The trigger for the high number of reproductions * is therefore a discotheque - and not for the first time. Sardinia reported a cluster of 21 corona infected people who had celebrated together in a discotheque in southern Sardinia at the end of June .
The result: The mayor of La Maddalena reacted to the incidents on Tuesday and expanded the mask requirement again: In the region, the masks not only have to be worn from 6 to 6 a.m. in Italy, but also from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in public areas with crowds Clock. In addition, stricter measures in the fight against the corona virus have been in place across Italy since Monday .
Corona shock on a small island - Italy is only just recovering from the first wave
Italy was one of the worst hit by the corona pandemic in Europe, only Great Britain reported even more infected people. Since the start of the Corona crisis, Italy has reported more than a quarter of a million cases. The number of people who died of the coronavirus in Italy is 35,400, currently an average of four people per day are added. Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Monday praised his fellow citizens, saying that Italy has shown "moral and civic energy" during the corona pandemic. These controls and prohibitions currently apply to Germans when traveling abroad *. Maja (26) from Hanover suffered a stroke while on vacation in Italy - in the middle of the Corona crisis.
The number of corona cases is currently also increasing in Spain. To curb this increase, the introduction of a smoking ban is now being discussed very loudly. Not only inside, but also outside.
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