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February 28, 2020 '' The Council of Ministers approved the urgent decree in support of the economy in areas affected by the Coronavirus. We immediately put in place the measures to protect citizens' health and the World Health Organization recognized its effectiveness. While in other European countries the epidemic is now starting to face, we have already introduced the rules in favor of the productive world. The territories concerned can now restart and with them also Italy ''. Riccardo Fraccaro, Undersecretary of State for the Prime Minister, announced it on Facebook.

'' The principle of maximum precaution - he adds - allowed us to act in a timely manner and stem the phenomenon as much as possible. Now we are giving concrete economic help to families, workers and businesses in the territories concerned. We have first of all foreseen the suspension of payments and utilities, therefore for the citizens involved the payment of insurance bills and installments is interrupted. For SMEs, we introduce free and priority access to the Guarantee Fund, which is refinanced, in order to help companies relaunch economic activity. We have also decided to strengthen the resources destined to support the export companies ".

"Rules have also been approved to support workers, especially regarding layoffs and subsidies for those unable to carry out their professional activity - continues Fraccaro - We have also envisaged specific measures for the tourism sector, for justice and for the public administration ".

"The government is working very seriously with the aim of protecting the community and helping the productive world and citizens. Health and relaunching the economy are our priorities to get back to normal as soon as possible. The next step is a new measure dedicated to the development of the economy that allows the country to grow again.Others speak and think about palace controversies, we - he concludes - work for the good of the country ''.

After stop bills also payments in installments
In particular, it is learned that the payments of the bills, suspended until April 30 with the new Coronavirus decree approved by the Council of Ministers, may also be divided into installments. The rules contained in the draft of the decree already provide for this possibility - by requesting Arera to establish the modalities - which could be extended, according to what is reported, also to the balance of the non-payment of social security and welfare contributions and the premiums of the motor liability insurance.

Conte: Italy and the economy don't stop
"Italy does not stop, we turn our gaze to tomorrow, more and more determined to make the economy run. This applies to all of Italy. We must multiply our energies. Together we will make it." This was written by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Fb by publishing the images of a video link that took place this afternoon with some mayors and families from the Lodi area.

Borrelli's point
At 1721 there were 821 coronavirus positive cases, 46 recovered and 21 dead. The updated data were provided by Angelo Borrelli, head of civil protection and extraordinary commissioner for the emergency, at a press conference. "But half of those infected have no symptoms," warns Borrelli.

Among the 821 patients, Borrelli clarified, 412 are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, and are in home isolation. 345 are hospitalized, 64 in intensive care.

Among the 4 deceased, three over eighty-eight year olds
"Among the four deceased today are three over eighty and one over 77 and they have not died from Coronavirus, or rather it is a consequence," said Borrelli.



Lombardy, Fontana: emergency in Lodi. 51 hospitalizations, 17 in intensive care
"Unfortunately, another emergency broke out in Lodi tonight. In Lodi suddenly yesterday afternoon there was a crowding of hospitalizations: 51 serious hospitalizations of which 17 in intensive care. Lodi does not have enough intensive care rooms so they have been transferred to other intensive care in the region ". This was explained by the president of Lombardy Attilio Fontana all'Aria who pulls up La7 talking about coronavirus. "If you laughed less at the mask and looked at the problem more carefully I think it would be wise," he added.

In Lombardy 531 positive
There are currently 531 coronavirus positives in Lombardy, of which 235 are hospitalized and 85 of them in intensive care. Welfare councilor Giulio Gallera said this during the press conference. This is 125 positives more than yesterday. Overall, 4835 swabs were made, "75% are negative, 11% positive, 14% to be processed," Gallera said.

The intention of the Lombardy Region is to "maintain for another week" the containment measures of the virus "in the red and yellow zone", announced Giulio Gallera.

"Each patient transmits the virus to two people: if the spread extends the hospitals will all be in crisis: the measures activated to date are valid because they allow the virus to be contained," said the Welfare Councilor, announcing that the body will ask the government to extend the gathering bans across the region for a week. "Only with a period of 14 days can we understand if the spread goes from one-two to one-one."

"It is not an easy situation, let's forget that it can be quickly resolved", says Professor Massimo Galli, director of infectious diseases of the Sacco hospital in Milan, during the press conference at Palazzo Lombardia. "We must not limit ourselves to interventions in the red zone - he adds - but measures must be articulated that bring the entire metropolitan area out of trouble. It is a bitter medicine, but I don't think there are alternatives".

"Some hospitals are really in serious crisis, Lodi, Cremona, are overloaded with patients", underlines Massimo Galli. "The response organization that could have been in the field by the Lombardy Region is at a minimum. The resuscitation beds in our hospitals are occupied by people who have this pathology," he observed. In conclusion: "It is not an easy or quick situation".



First two positives in Umbria
The Regional Health Directorate announces that two cases of import of coronavirus infection have been found in Umbria, therefore not attributable to local outbreaks. In recent days, one of the two patients had gone to Emilia Romagna while the other had come into contact in Rome with a resident of the municipality of Castiglione D'Adda.

Spallanzani: a positive case in Lazio
There is a first case of Coronavirus in Lazio. This is learned from the direction of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani in Rome. "The outcome of the tests carried out today by the Spallanzani Institute confirms a case of positivity to COVID-19. The tests were sent to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) for validation", informs the Institute.

The person found positive to coronavirus with the test carried out at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome is a resident or domiciled in Fiumicino, and now the person is in isolation at the same health facility. This was reported by the Lazio Regional Councilor for Health, Alessio D'Amato. The patient in question "reports having traveled and stayed in areas of the Bergamo area. Immediately - adds D'Amato - an epidemiological investigation was started to verify the close contacts that were placed in health surveillance. The tests were sent to "Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) for validation. The mayor of the municipality concerned and the Prefect of Rome were also promptly informed."

Fnom writes to Fontana: unprotected doctors
We cannot accept that our doctors are facing the Covid-19 emergency without the equipment for personal protection from the virus. "The president of the National Federation of Medical Orders writes in a letter to the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana ( Fnomceo) Filippo Anelli. "A doctor who falls ill - he adds - is a doctor who has been withdrawn from the national health service and from the protection of the right to health".

Researchers from the Sacco Hospital in Milan have isolated the Italian stock
This was announced by Professor Massimo Galli, director of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, who illustrated the results of the research work that has been going on continuously since last Sunday, coordinated by Professor Claudia Balotta. Precarious researchers Alessia Loi, Annalisa Bergna and Arianna Gabrieli are part of the team, together with their Polish colleague Maciej Tarkowski and Professor Gianguglielmo Zehender. "We isolated the virus from 4 Codogno patients," explains Professor Galli adding that "we were able to isolate native viruses, very similar to each other but with the developmental differences in each individual patient".

This is a discovery that will allow researchers to "follow the molecular sequences and track every single virus to understand what happened, how it circulated and how long". The next step will be to study the development of antibodies and therefore vaccines and treatments by pharmaceutical laboratories.

Galli: "Epidemic not very recent, much to understand"
"We still have to understand many things. It is my personal belief that this epidemic in our country is not very recent and that this virus circulated a few weeks before the first full-blown cases". This was stated by Professor Massimo Galli, director of the Institute of Biomedical Science of the Sacco Hospital in Milan, where the Italian stock was isolated yesterday, to the microphones of RaiNews24.

University of Milan, origin of the virus between October and November
Based on the estimates made, the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic can be placed between the second half of October and the first half of November 2019, a few weeks earlier then compared to the first cases of pneumonia identified. The estimate of the reproductive number (the number of cases generated by each individual case), i.e. the parameter that measures the speed with which the virus is transmitted, has made it possible to highlight a real acceleration in the propagation capacity of the virus, an expansive boost that can be dated in December 2019. These are some of the results that emerged from the study signed by the University of Milan, published these days in the Journal of Medical Virology, and sent by the magazine to WHO.

The first months of life of the Covid-19 epidemic were reconstructed in the work of the team of Gianguglielmo Zehender, Alessia Lai and Massimo Galli of the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences of the University of Milan and the Coordinated Research Center for Episodes (epidemiology and molecular surveillance of infections belonging to the same State University of Milan).

Poste reopens offices in the red zone
"Starting from Monday 2, the pensions for the month of March will also be paid in the 5 Post Offices in Codogno, Casalpusterlengo, Castiglione D'Adda, San Fiorano in the province of Lodi and Vo 'Euganeo in the province of Padua". This was communicated by Poste Italiane indicating that thus the 5 offices "reopen to the public".

The Duomo of Milan reopens
Milan Cathedral again open from Monday 2 March for tourists with organized and scheduled flows. After yesterday's announcement, precise 'instructions' arrive on what rules to follow in the midst of the coronavirus emergency. The Monumental complex of the Milan Cathedral (Duomo, Terraces, Archaeological Area, Museum of the Duomo and Church of San Gottardo in Corte) will reopen for tourist visits from Monday 2 March 2020, every day from 9 to 18 (last admission at 5.10 pm), with programmed and organized access to avoid gatherings of people.

Berlin, the return of migrants to Italy suspended
For the spread of the coronavirus in Italy the transfers from Germany of the "dublinanti", the migrants who fall into the categories defined by the Dublin regulation, were temporarily suspended. A spokesman for the German Interior Ministry confirmed this to the Ansa agency.

Confindustria, Boccia: "We risk getting rid of ourselves"
More than the contagion of Covid-19, the president of Confindustria Vincenzo Boccia worries about the irrationality of the political responses: "Instead of eradicating the virus, we risk getting rid of ourselves" he tells Corriere della Sera, also explaining the meaning of the joint press release of all business associations and large trade unions: "We have all united, as rarely in the past, because the situation is delicate. I believe it is a sign of respect for institutions. Without controversy but with great force, we ask everyone to working together".

Abi: suspend default rules and impaired loans
The Presidential Committee of the ABI "highlights how business support interventions must be framed within the current European rules governing the disbursement of credit and the methods for identifying and treating so-called impaired loans. To this end, the Abi asks the competent European and Italian authorities to suspend the application of the definitions of "default" for the identification of past due loans for up to one year and to review the timing of automatic provisions for impaired loans ". This was stated in a note from the ABI after the urgent meeting of the presidential committee in relation to the emergency health contingent and the economic fallout for coronavirus companies.

Spallanzani: Niccolò resigned tomorrow
Niccolò, the 17-year-old from Grado who was blocked twice in China due to fever but tested negative, will be discharged tomorrow by Spallanzani from Rome. what emerges from today's medical bulletin which stresses that tomorrow he will be discharged "after completing the necessary quarantine period". "The institute is happy to be able to share this joy with the boy's family and his friends" continues the bulletin. As for the patients. "To date, 180 patients have been evaluated at our institute. Of these, 136 negative test results have been discharged. Forty-four patients are still hospitalized", reads the medical bulletin.