Coronavirus in Italy, two confirmed cases and one suspect: stop flights with China

• WHO declares the global emergency for Coronavirus
• The tests on the Chinese couple were negative. Relief for the seven thousand people stranded on the Costa Smeralda

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Eventually the dreaded coronavirus also landed in Italy. This was announced by the Prime Minister. "We also have two confirmed cases of coronavirus in Italy for the first time. They are two Chinese tourists in our country for a few days," announced Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at a press conference at Palazzo Chigi at the end of the majority meeting, which it was interrupted. The two tourists are hospitalized in isolation at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome.

Another suspected case of coronavirus may have occurred in the Treviso area. An underage student suffered from flu symptoms and fever after returning from a trip to China with her mother. He was not hospitalized, but discharged with the obligation to remain 'armored' inside the house pending the results of the analyzes.

Today Council of Ministers, Civil Protection ready
"Tomorrow morning I convened a Council of Ministers in which we will take further measures so as to make all the competent structures available, including Civil Protection". So the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in a press conference at Palazzo Chigi after the two confirmed cases of coronavirus.

"There is no reason for panic and social alarm"
"There is no reason for panic and social alarm," says Conte at Palazzo Chigi. "Strict precautionary measures have already been adopted and we will continue to do so with the maximum expenditure of energy to ensure protection for all citizens".

Air traffic to and from China blocked
Italy closes air traffic to and from China, Conte announced at a press conference. "We did not find ourselves unprepared, Minister Speranza has just adopted an order that closes air traffic to and from China."



New toll: 213 deaths and 2000 new cases

The coronavirus epidemic is 213 deaths and 2,000 new cases of infections confirmed in China. The Chinese National Health Commission (NHC) announced this, specifying that 42 of the 43 new victims were registered in the province of Hubei where the infection started.

Hope: the 2 Chinese tourists in isolation at Spallanzani in Rome
"The Italian health system is one of the best in the world, I want to thank the doctors and nurses who also with the coordination with the Regions allow us to ensure the right safety for our citizens. In these hours we will do all the necessary checks to trace the path of these two people in our country and there are all the conditions to recognize that the situation is under control: these two people are in isolation from Spallanzani ". Health Minister Roberto Speranza says so.

Spallanzani: isolated patients, we are calm
The two patients admitted to Spallanzani with Coronavirus were immediately "placed in isolation" and the doctors trust that there are no other "exposed people". This was explained by Giuseppe Ippolito, scientific director of Spallanzani, speaking in a press conference at Palazzo Chigi together with the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza. "The two patients were immediately hospitalized, placed in isolation, are in good condition. The timeliness of the intervention makes us think that there are no people exposed because as you normally know, the infection is transmitted after the appearance of symptoms," he said. clarified Hippolytus: "As soon as the symptoms appeared, the patients were taken in isolation, the diagnosis was made, it was verified. This makes us be fairly calm."

Supervise hotel people and other tourists
"Health surveillance has already been activated on people who came into contact with the couple hospitalized at the Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases. All the measures provided for in the protocols have been taken both for some people in the hotel and for the other members of the group of tourists. At the moment they are all asymptomatic and do not cause concern ". The Department of Health of the Lazio Region communicates this in a note.

Hotel room sealed
The couple of tourists rescued yesterday in the hotel in via Cavour had been in Italy for about 10 days. The room where the husband and wife were staying has been sealed to allow ASL to carry out decontamination and health surveillance has already been activated on people who have come into contact with the couple. According to what has been learned, the two infected were in Rome for less than a week. Before arriving in the capital, once they reached Milan Malpensa airport, they had made some intermediate stops. The two, husband and wife, would be 67 and 66 years old.

The sick couple was part of a group of tourists, now escorted to the hospital
The Chinese tourist couple hospitalized at Spallanzani was part of a group that had arrived in Italy for a tour. The rest of the group today was headed by bus to Cassino for a trip but, after the health surveillance procedures were started, they were recovered by the police and escorted to Spallanzani.

In Use alarm at the highest level


The US authorities raise the alarm at the highest levels due to the coronavirus epidemic and urge their citizens not to travel to China. In issuing a level four travel notice - before urging Americans to "reconsider" the trip to China - the State Department said it was acting after the World Health Organization declared an international health emergency the epidemic originating in Wuhan city.

Japan blocks entry to infected people


People who are found to have contracted the new Chinese coronavirus will not be allowed to enter Japan. This was said by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Meanwhile, the official number of cases of infected people in Japan, including foreign nationals, has risen to 14.


Coronavirus: China to UN, 'positive signs, we will defeat it'

"There are positive signs in containing the spread of the virus, we will be able to defeat it and return to normal," said the Chinese ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun. "We are still making our assessments and we are still in a very critical phase," explained the Beijing diplomat speaking to reporters at the Glass Palace. "The situation remains problematic, but there is encouraging news" he added, saying he was "optimistic".