ITALY OUTBREAK
1 new case in Milan, a patient hospitalized at the San Raffaele Hospital. 1 new case in Turin - had participated in a running race in Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure (Liguria region) with patient #1 of Codogno on February 2. Friuli Venezia Giulia region declared a state of emergency. All universities in Veneto region and Public Courts in Milan will be closed starting Monday. With 62 total cases and 2 deaths, Italy now has the highest number of cases and deaths in Europe (more than tripling Germany in second place, with 16 cases). Coronavirus cases have already more than doubled since yesterday. There are now a total of: - 46 cases in Lombardy region (including 1 death, 1 critical, and at least 14 serious cases), of which 35 in the Codogno area. - 12 in Veneto region (including 1 death and at least 1 critical case). - 3 in Rome (including 2 recoveries). - 1 in Turin. 25+ new cases today in Italy, including: - 2 doctors, husband and wife (a pediatrician), in Pieve Porto Morone (Pavia, Lombardy). - 5 new cases in Vò Euganeo (Padua, Veneto region), where 4,200 people are now going to be tested. - 1 in Cremona (Lombardy region), a 38 year-old woman, friend of a health worker in Lodi. - 1 in Sesto Cremonese (Lombardy region). - 2 in Dolo and Mira (Veneto region). 1 new death in Italy, a 75-year-old woman who was hospitalized a few days ago for pneumonia in the Lodi area (Lombardy region) and had contacts with the 38-year-old man. Hundreds waiting for test results. 10 towns, 50,000 people, placed in precautionary voluntary quarantine. Schools (full list), workplaces, municipal and private offices, 3 train stations, coffee shops, and public places closed in the affected towns. The 38-year-old man in Codogno (Lodi), near Milan (patient #1) is in critical condition (mechanically ventilated in intensive care, according to his parents) and at least 14 contacts are in serious condition, according to doctors, and include: - 5 health workers and doctors. - 3 patients at the Codogno hospital. - 3 elderly (in the 70s and 80s) clients of a bar run by the father of the man's friend. "People must be distantiated right now, because this is a virus that is transmitted very effectively at close range" said the director of the infectious diseases department of the Higher Institute of Health, Gianni Rezza.
Denke der Kampf gegen Corona, auf italienischen Boden, ist auch schon verloren.
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