Coronavirus, third victim in Crema. Conte: "Don't panic, follow the directions of the authorities"

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"We must not rely on panic, but follow the directions of the health authorities. We are preparing a communication campaign and everyone must participate in the program. All together we will win the infection." So Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on a day marked by numbers indicating an explosion of coronavirus cases in Italy. "I was surprised, they were kept under control until recently - the premier continues in connection with 'Half an hour more' on Rai3-. The line of the maximum precaution paid off, even if it would seem not. We must pursue the line of the maximum precaution. We are trying to identify and limit the outbreaks, we will do everything to contain the infections ".

This morning, Commissioner Angelo Borrelli announced that the Army has made available for quarantine 3,412 beds in over a thousand rooms, while the Air Force has given about 1,750. "We have also made a survey with the regions for hotels and we are ready to use them." And it provided updated data on the number of infected people. At 1pm, there was talk of 132 cases of contagion and two deaths. However, the balance changed within a few hours: 149 positive cases and three victims in northern Italy, More in detail it is 110 cases in Lombardy, 21 in Veneto, 9 in Emilia Romagna (but these are cases from Codogno), 7 in Piedmont and two in Lazio. The balance brings Italy to third place, behind China and South Korea, in the ranking of countries affected by the coronavirus.

"We must not be frightened if the number increases - says Conte -. We were the only ones to arrange the closure of flights with China. We did everything we could always on the suggestion of the Technical-scientific Committee. , we will be able to contain the infection and emerge victorious together ", he assures, adding that he has" just signed the implementing decree which sets limitations for 14 days for the areas identified as the hub of the infection ". Conte therefore asks for the collaboration of "the whole national community, solidarity for the recipients of some restrictive measure that will create some personal sacrifice. It is clear that they are sacrifices, but we repay them with greater assistance, with the utmost attention for their health. I ask for trust but I trust them: we must create an alliance, a pact in the collective interest ".

Conte's appeal follows that of the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza: "We ask citizens to collaborate. The state as a whole is doing its part" he says, "we are working 24 hours a day, there is an ongoing discussion with regional presidents, with President Conte and Borrelli to try to strengthen measures to contain the virus ".

But let's see, in more detail, what is the situation on the territory.

LOMBARDY
110 coronavirus positive cases and three deaths. The third victim is a woman from Crema. "We have recorded a new death in Crema, she is an elderly woman already hospitalized in oncology, with a situation already very compromised and who had also contracted the coronavirus" explains the councilor for Welfare of the Region, Giulio Gallera, during the press conference convened for summarize the contents of the order issued to contain the spread of the virus. "To date we have performed 800 swabs, 112 subjects tested positive, equal to an average of 12%. There are 53 hospitalized, 17 of whom are in intensive care, but 40% with a mild cure overcome the virus."

There are no cases in the city of Milan, while the two positives of Sesto San Giovanni and Mediglia remain confirmed in the province. In detail, 3 cases occurred in the province of Bergamo, 14 in the province of Cremona, 49 in Lodi, 1 in Monza Brianza, 6 in Pavia, one in Sondrio. Another 36 are being verified.

One of the provisions of the regional ordinance provides for the "closing of commercial and entertainment venues such as pubs and discos, but not restaurants, after 18.00. In these hours it may be that the resolution is enriched with other elements", Gallera finally announces. Throughout the Region schools and universities closed until February 29, masses were suspended. In Milan, the Duomo closes, the Scala stops, skips the 'Fiera del verde', Armani and Biagiotti parade 'behind closed doors', the San Raffaele hospital closes the intensive care and neurosurgery wards to the public, in municipalities such as Sesto San Giovanni (which recorded a positive case) also ordered the closure of shopping centers.

VENETO
"I had 4 police stations behind me, but I think this is the biggest problem that Veneto has had to face since the post-war period" says the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, who was also a guest at 'Mezz'ora in più'. "I understand the discomfort of the choices we made, but health comes first." Veneto has 21 coronavirus cases and one victim, the first in Italy. Like Lombardy, it closes schools and universities (until March 1). Vo 'Euganeo, the Venetian outbreak, remains armored, while in Venice the Carnival is canceled and, in application of the ordinance of the Region, the masses stop, including those of Ash Wednesday and Sunday, from liturgies and devotions such as the Way of the cross. In place of the festive precept and Ash Wednesday, the faithful are invited to "a time convenient for prayer and meditation, possibly also helping themselves with the celebrations broadcast by radio and television", said the patriarch of Venice, Msgr. Francesco Moraglia.

PIEDMONT
Piedmont registered the first case of infection yesterday. Today the number of positives is 6 people, including 3 of Chinese nationality in the province of Cuneo. The Region has decided to close schools and universities for a week. "The three positive cases of Coronavirus in the province of Cuneo are three Chinese citizens from an uninfected area of ​​China on an international flight that made a stop in Moscow and then arrived in Italy, in Caselle, where they measured the temperature through a thermographic check and no anomalies emerged. They were in voluntary isolation for a few days. Then, in the following days, the first fever symptoms appeared "reported the Councilor for Health, Luigi Icardi who, as regards the Turin cases, added: "It is not yet ascertained, but the three Turinese have reason to believe that they belong to the Lombard cluster".

THE 'RED AREA' AND THE 'YELLOW AREA'
Lombardy has been divided into two "zones": a "red" and a "yellow". The first is "that of the Lodigiano area where the infection is more widespread where everything has unleashed where the government's measure has gone in the direction of preventing citizens from entering and leaving" explains the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana. Here 500 police men will check 35 gates and through sterile corridors they will bring in drugs and food. "A measure with which the territory is secured", he explains. The rest of Lombardy falls within the "yellow zone", which concerns the order signed by the Lombardy Region.

SPORT STOPS
It will be a different Sunday today in Lombardy and Veneto. The government has canceled all sporting events in the two regions affected by coronavirus including the three Serie A matches between Inter-Sampdoria, Atalanta-Sassuolo and Verona-Cagliari. The decision came at the end of the Council of Ministers, which closed a feverish day that had already seen, from a sporting perspective, the announcement of the postponement of Ascoli-Cremonese, a race valid for the 25th day of Serie B.

For the Coronavirus emergency, sport also stops today in Turin: the Serie A match between the grenade and Parma is postponed until a later date

A task force of the federation's doctors to analyze the situation of the Coronavirus emergency and give precise indications on the activity of the national teams: this is the decision of the FIGC president, Gabriele Gravina, who after having formalized the postponement of the races in Lombardy and Veneto he convened the meeting for tomorrow morning at 10 in via Allegri. Meanwhile, the stages of the Under 19 national male and female teams have been postponed.

There are five matches suspended in Serie C, today following the government provision that blocks sports activities in Lombardy and Veneto. The Lega Pro has in fact formalized the suspension of the Piacenza-Sanbenedettese, Giana-Como, Lecco Pro Patria, Arzignano Valchiampo-Padova and Feralpi Slò-Carpi matches.

THE SITUATION IN OTHER REGIONS
South Tyrol: kindergartens and universities close
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and the kindergartens on the South Tyrolean territory will be closed from today until Sunday 2 March for health prevention reasons as required by ministerial decisions following the spread of the coronavirus. The decision of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano follows that made by the cousins ​​of Trentino yesterday evening. In South Tyrol until Sunday 2 March kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools are already closed for the carnival holidays. The closure at this time therefore concerns nursery schools and the offices of the unibz of Bolzano, Bressanone and Brunico. All activities at the NOI technology park in Bolzano and the structures related to the university were canceled.

Friuli Venezia Giulia: stop for university teaching activities
From tomorrow until March 1st all teaching activities and exams, conferences and debates of the Universities of Trieste and Udine and of the International School of Advanced Studies of the Julian capital will be suspended. Libraries and study rooms will also be closed. The Fvg Region and the regional academic authorities agreed this following the meeting of the Emergency Committee. Present the Governor of the Region and the deputy governor with responsibility for Civil Protection and Health. The meeting is convened at the regional civil protection headquarters in Palmanova. The universities also closed in Emilia Romagna.

The University of Genoa suspends the lessons
To prevent the risk of infection with Coronavirus, the University of Genoa has decided "as a precaution to suspend all teaching activities (lessons and exams) for a week starting tomorrow, Monday 24 February". The rector of the Paolo Comanducci University announced it this morning. The decision, "in order to help reduce the movement of large numbers of subjects, given the large area of ​​origin and the number of students of our University".

Rome, stop at the Campus Bio-Medico University of Medicine test
The Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, for the principle of maximum precaution on the Coronavirus phenomenon, has ordered the postponement of the admission test to the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery scheduled at the Fiera di Roma for Tuesday 25 February. Over 2,800 candidates from all over Italy are enrolled in the test, a part of which comes from the northern regions subject to restrictions by the relevant institutions.