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- Italy has become the first country in Europe to quarantine cities by isolating 11 municipalities, or 52,000 people, to fight against the coronavirus.
- It must be said that two people died in the country which now has 79 confirmed cases. It is the fifth most affected country in the world.
- In China, the death toll reached 2,442 on Sunday after the announcement of 97 additional deaths. The Ministry of Health has also reported 648 new cases of contamination, bringing the national total to around 77,000.
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9:05 a.m .: Return to South Korea
South Korea will therefore raise its alert level for the new coronavirus to the "highest" level, President Moon Jae-in announced on Sunday after a sudden increase in the number of infections. The Covid-19 epidemic is "at a turning point," said Moon Jae-in after a government meeting on the subject.
The president indicated following the recommendations of the specialists whereas South Korea counts a total of 556 people carrying this virus which made four dead. The number of cases has jumped in recent days, especially in the city of Daegu, in the southeast of the country, where hundreds of followers of a Christian sect have been infected.
8:51 am: Some Russian nationals of the “Diamond princess” repatriated
Russia announced on Sunday that it had repatriated eight Russian passengers, including three with the new coronavirus, from the cruise ship "Diamond Princess" which had been quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama due to the epidemic of Covid-19. So far, Russia has had no patients with the new coronavirus on its territory since the discharge from hospital last week of the only two patients, Chinese nationals.
"The other Russian nationals refused" to be evacuated, said Tatiana Golikova, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Health, quoted by the official TASS agency, while a total of 24 Russians were among the passengers of the "Diamond Princess ".
8:43 a.m .: 52,000 people confined to Italy
In northern Italy, around 52,000 people in eleven municipalities wake up on Sunday in areas where "neither entry nor exit will be allowed unless there is a specific exemption," as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced. Closure of businesses and educational establishments, cancellation of cultural and sporting events, postponement of football matches: the Italian government is trying to shut down part of Lombardy and Veneto and curb the epidemic.
The home is in Codogno, near Milan. Giuseppe. Conte warned that he could use the army to monitor the checkpoints. The legislative decree issued on Saturday provides for sanctions of up to three months' imprisonment for offenders. In Italy, the most affected European country, there are a total of 79 patients to date, including three cases of contaminations known for weeks, contracted outside Italy. Two septuagenarians have succumbed to the disease in recent days.
8:31 a.m .: South Korea raises alert level to the highest level, announces president
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