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18 February 2020An Italian citizen on board the Diamond Princess vessel tested positive for the coronavirus test. Civil Protection confirms this. In these hours the work of the table, in close collaboration with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health and Defense, is focusing on the operations necessary for the repatriation of Italian citizens embarked on the cruise ship. "At the moment - explains the note - from the health tests carried out on board the ship, an Italian citizen has tested positive for the Coronavirus test. The work of the authorities involved will continue to ensure the timely return of all our compatriots, guaranteeing all safety procedures necessary. "

The passenger's positivity, underlines the Department, emerged at the end of the health tests that were carried out on board the ship. Meanwhile, activities continue to bring the other Italians back on board the Diamond Princess, about fifteen crew members and about ten passengers. Also today the Civil Protection Operational Committee met chaired by Commissioner Angelo Borrelli, in close contact with the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health and Defense.

The number of infections on the ship increased, 542 cases
There are 88 new cases that tested positive for coronavirus after the last tests among people on board the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship stopped off Japan. The Japanese government reports. New positive cases emerge out of a total of 681 new tests conducted among people aboard the Diamond Princess, the Japanese Ministry of Health specified. This leads to a total of 542 coronavirus cases found on the quarantine cruise ship in Yokohama bay.

Tomorrow around 500 passengers will leave the ship
Around 500 passengers will leave the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama, tomorrow. Official Japanese sources report it. The landing process, for coronavirus negative passengers, will begin tomorrow and will be completed within three days.

Hope: "The Italians who were on the ship will go into quarantine"
"Italians returning from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will be in quarantine." This was stated by Health Minister Roberto Speranza, guest of the 'Agorà' broadcast on RaiTre. The highest number of cases in 24 hours was recorded on February 5th. Since then it has been gradually going down ", but" this does not mean that we have to let our guard down, "said the minister.

Spallanzani: "The Chinese couple continues to improve"
Chinese spouses coronavirus positive and hospitalized with Spallanzani are getting better. "The couple of Chinese citizens coming from the city of Wuhan - reads today's medical bulletin - continue to be hospitalized in the intensive care of our Institute. Their conditions continue the progressive and constant improvement, especially the male". The two Italians hospitalized are doing well, one positive for Coronavirus, the other, Niccolò the young student repatriated from Wuhan. "The two young people currently hospitalized - reads today's medical bulletin - are both in excellent health and mood".
To date, 68 patients have been tested. Of these, 62 negative test results were discharged. Six patients are still hospitalized: there are three confirmed cases (the Chinese couple and the young man from the Cecchignola site). However, three patients remain hospitalized for other reasons.

On Thursday the end of the quarantine for Italians isolated in Cecchignola is expected
The end of the quarantine is expected next Thursday for the 55 Italians who have been in isolation for over two weeks in the military city of Cecchignola in Rome, after returning to Italy from the outbreak territories of the Coronavirus. In the absence of further developments and indications, and in light of the tests performed and negative results for 14 consecutive days, on February 20 next patients will be able to definitively leave the facility to end the isolation and return home.

The numbers of the epidemic
Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,800. The Chinese government announced this. According to the latest data, the number of victims has increased to 1,800 due to the death of 93 other people in the Hubei region, the epicenter of the virus. Furthermore, according to the provincial health commission's daily budget, there were 1,807 new cases of coronavirus, a decrease compared to the previous day, when the infections were 1,933. To date, "the epidemic has not caused victims under 9 years, while the overwhelming majority of deaths have occurred among the over 80", says the largest epidemiological study carried out on over 44 thousand cases, published by the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology. The analysis of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention found a virus mortality of 2.9% in the Hubei province, the 'epicenter' of the epidemic, in the rest of China it is 0.4%. "In addition to age - the authors write - another risk factor is the presence of pre-existing diseases, primarily cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory failure and hypertension".

In China, the 60 million people who live in the most affected regions remain locked up, where it is now forbidden to leave the house except for essential purchases, hotels and clubs are closed, the transport that connects with the outside is canceled and the use of private vehicles is banned. About 33 thousand Chinese civilian and military doctors and nurses were sent to Wuhan to support local staff in the management of the epidemic, after two hospitals were erected in a hurry and gyms, schools and other structures turned into clinical wards.

In Wuhan you check house by house
In Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic with 11 million inhabitants, health authorities carry out house-to-house checks and anyone who presents the symptoms of the infection is forced to undergo the test and move to special quarantine centers. Soon, another ten will rise, with 11,400 more beds, Chutian, a local newspaper, announces. Anyone who purchases cough or antipyretic drugs in a pharmacy or online must present his identity card in order to be identified and checked. The inspections will be defined with artificial intelligence systems and big data analysis.



Quarantine for Chinese citizen in Kenya
A Chinese citizen who works for the Chinese engineering company Sinohydro Corporation, engaged in the construction of a road north-east of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, was quarantined as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. The local media reported, specifying that there are still no indications on the contraction of the virus by humans. The Chinese citizen, whose identity is unknown, was isolated in the Mutomo camp in Kitui County.