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February 09, 2020

The British plane from Wuhan landed in the United Kingdom with 200 people on board, including eight Italians, evacuated from China. The eight compatriots will leave on an Air Force flight and arrive at 13 in Pratica di Mare. They will then be transferred to the Celio military hospital in Rome for quarantine. Among them is not the 17-year-old student from Grado, already blocked on Monday for the fever detected at the medical check-ups that prevented him from taking flight of the Farnesina crisis unit with 56 other Italians. The young man has some fever line, and as a result has not been embarked. "Unfortunately Niccolò, the 17-year-old Italian boy who is in Wuhan, China, has still had some fever today and - despite having tested negative for Coronavirus twice already - he was unable to return to Italy. I just heard her family on the phone to reassure her that she will be given all the support she needs. I have heard strong people who are just asking to hug their child again. " Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes on Facebook.

Di Maio: a military plane will pick him up within 24 hours
"We held a meeting and decided that an Air Force aircraft will go to China and bring it back to Italy. It will go in the next 24 hours. Nobody should be left behind and we must ensure that those who want to return maximum assistance. We have already informed the family members , I thank the Minister of Defense and Prime Minister Conte for their availability ". So the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, during a press conference at the end of a meeting in the Civil Protection headquarters on the affair of Nicolò, still stuck in China.

Two children from Wuhan hospitalized at Spallanzani as a precaution
Among the 56 returnees from Whuan, two children aged 4 and 8, with only a few lines of fever, accompanied by their father, were transferred purely as a precaution to Spallanzani in Rome for further investigations. The Ministry of Health announced. For the first of the two, the swab failed the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV test. The second exam is in progress.

Positive Taiwanese couple had stayed in Tuscany, check
A Taiwanese couple who stayed in Tuscany returned coronavirus after returning home on February 4th. The couple was hospitalized in Taiwan, under observation of the two children who traveled with their parents. The Tuscany Region, just alerted by the ministry, activated the ASL which, in turn, sent the operators to the accommodation where they stayed, in the center of Florence, for the necessary checks to the reception staff who came into contact with the tourists. About 10 days after departure, the checks gave a negative result.

The Taiwanese family was in Florence, staying in an accommodation facility in the center, from 26 to 29 January. During the stay the family was also in Pisa and Siena. The Tuscany Region ensures continuous connection with the national health authorities and with the regional health companies. In the event of a high fever, given the period of the year characterized by a normal peak of flu cases, the Region advises to keep in touch with the general practitioners and not to clog the emergency rooms.

Hong Kong authorizes the landing of the cruise ship
The 3,600 people aboard the World Dream cruise, blocked for five days in quarantine at the port of Hong Kong, were allowed to disembark, after 1,800 crew members tested negative for coronavirus infection. World Dream had transported three Chinese passengers to Vietnam between 19 and 24 January which were later infected. The Hong Kong government quarantined all people on board and carried out the texts on all crew members who may have come into contact with the three Chinese passengers.

Another 6 infected on cruise ship stopped in Japan
Six new cases of Coronavirus infection have been diagnosed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off the coast of Yokohama. The balance, on the quarantined boat, therefore rises to 70 and the total in Japan to 96. On board there are 3,700 people, including passengers and crew: among them 35 Italians, so far no one has contracted the virus.

813 dead, passed Sars
The new toll of the coronavirus epidemic is 813 deaths, almost all in China, thus exceeding globally that of SARS of 2002-2003 when 774 people died. In the last 24 hours another 89 people have died, marking a new consecutive record for the number of daily deaths.

WHO: the infections in China are stabilizing
However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that the number of cases of contagion detected daily in China is stabilizing, although it is too early to conclude that the epidemic has passed its peak. "We are experiencing a four-day stability period, in which the number of reported cases has not increased. This is good news and could reflect the impact of the control measures that have been put in place," said the head of the WHO health emergency program, Michael Ryan.

Over 37 thousand cases in China
In mainland China, the number of confirmed cases on Sunday is nearly 37,200, 2,600 additional cases compared to the previous daily evaluation. A figure significantly lower than the nearly 3,900 new infections announced Wednesday by the Chinese authorities. The number of suspect cases has also dropped significantly: there were just over 3,900 on Sunday in the past 24 hours, compared to over 5,300 in the report released Thursday.

In France 11 cases
However, the epidemic continues to spread all over the world. More than 320 cases of contamination have been confirmed in about thirty countries and territories. Five new cases (four adults and one child, all of British nationality) have been announced in France, bringing the total to 11 in the country.

Hope: the government does not change lines, flights to China remain closed
"Prevention comes before the economy, the government does not change lines and the flights to China and from China remain closed. Alarmism is wrong, but we must keep a very high threshold of attention." The Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, said in an interview with the 'Corriere della Sera', stressing that it is "right to have chosen a more prudent response than other countries. 35 thousand people are infected worldwide, with average growth 3,500 a day. Alarmism is wrong, but we have to keep a very high alert threshold. " Speranza recalls that the coronavirus epidemic "is still in the expansion phase. I hope that the meritorious decisions of the Chinese government will allow to reach the peak soon and begin the regressive phase". As for the duration of the blocking of flights, "depends on the evolution of the infection - observes the minister - Article 32 of the Constitution, which protects the right to health, comes first. They are significant numbers, we are talking about 60 flights a week and at least 200 people on board each plane. Our measure has significantly reduced trade. And freighters carrying goods continue to fly. "

Azzolina: the doctors decide on returning to school
Doctors will decide whether students returning from China should stay home or return to class. Interviewed by the press at the opening of the first page, Education Minister Lucia Azzolina intervened after the new circular for schools on the coronavirus, to clarify that it will not be the principals or parents who have to decide: "No danger - he adds - because there will be a daily monitoring of the students returning from China. Not by the schools, but by the local health authorities. The issue is medical and not school. "