Coronavirus, three new cases: one in Palermo and two in Tuscany. Stop on school trips until March 15th

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283 are infected in Italy by the coronavirus. Compared to yesterday, 54 are more infected. The extraordinary commissioner Angelo Borrelli said this by providing the updated newsletter with the numbers relating to the positives in our country. The two suspected cases of coronavirus in Tuscany have been confirmed. The head of the Civil Protection also confirmed the case in Sicily, stressing however that "the latest checks are underway by the Institute of Health".

There are currently 7 regions affected by the cases, plus the autonomous province of Trento and Bolzano. 212 are infected in Lombardy (including 6 victims), 38 in Veneto (including one victim), 23 in Emilia Romagna, 3 in Piedmont, 3 in Lazio (the Chinese couple at Spallanzani and the researcher healed), 2 in Tuscany, one in Sicily and one in the province of Bolzano. A total of 109 hospitalized patients with symptoms, those in intensive care 29 and those in home isolation 137.

Positive Bergamo tourist in Palermo: first case in the South
The tourist from Bergamo on vacation in Palermo who was admitted to the Cervello hospital for checks after showing flu symptoms was positive to the coronavirus. This was confirmed by the Sicilian Region which says: "We have a suspected positive case that resulted from the examination of the swab". Quarantine has been arranged for the woman's group of friends and for people who have been in close contact with tourists. This is the first case of coronavirus found in Southern Italy. The husband subjected to the swab is negative.

Positive test for a man in Florence: he was returning from Singapore
A first case with positive coronavirus test in Florence. It is a man of about 60 years who returned from Singapore about twenty days ago and who in recent days has felt bad and was visited yesterday at the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. The first swab performed on humans gave a negative result while the second in the night was positive. Now the confirmation of the Higher Institute of Health is awaited. The patient was transferred to another hospital in Florence, that of Santa Maria Annunziata di Ponte in Niccheri. The emergency rooms of Santa Maria Nuova have been sanitized. Some doctors who have visited the man have already undergone the quarantine procedure.

A thousand tourists in quarantine in Tenerife
A thousand people were quarantined in the H10 Costa Adejie Palace hotel, in the town of Adejie, where the Italian doctor who tested positive for the coronavirus test in Tenerife was staying with his wife. Diario de Avisos writes it. Military and law enforcement officers prevent people in the hotel from leaving, as well as external staff from entering the tourist complex.

Palazzo Chigi denies closing of schools
The Prime Minister denies the news that is circulating in these hours on an alleged closure, by decision of the count, of all schools of all levels. The decisions and measures taken by the government are communicated exclusively through official channels and sources, to which please refer.

School trips suspended until March 15, medical certificate for absences beyond 5 days
School trips, both educational trips and outings or exchange and twinning projects, suspended until March 15 for schools "of all levels". This is foreseen by the dpcm implementing the decree on Coronavirus signed last night which coordinates the various ordinances of the last few days. Reimbursement provided for those who have already paid for the trips. Absences of students over 5 days will be justified with a medical certificate. Schools closed for emergencies will be able to activate "distance teaching methods".

Sports events and competitions suspended in five regions
Sports events and competitions "of all types and disciplines, in public or private places" are suspended. This is provided by the text of the new implementing decree which concerns all the municipalities of the Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont regions. Events and matches, as well as training, are still allowed behind closed doors in municipalities other than those in the red area of ​​contagion, where instead the stop is total.

Kuwait suspends flights with Italy
Kuwait has suspended air connections to and from Italy, South Korea and Thailand in the midst of the coronavirus emergency. The news was released in the last few hours by the Kuna official agency. There are eight confirmed cases of contagion in Kuwait.

In Prague, check passengers from Italy
Prague airport informs on its Twitter profile that "from midnight on Monday 24 February it has activated a gate for travelers from Italy where checks will be carried out on passengers in a sanitized environment". "The circulation remains free", is specified in the tweet.

Bulgarian Air suspends flights with Milan
The Bulgarian national airline, Bulgarian Air, has suspended all its flights to and from Milan until March 27: the same company announced it attributing the decision to the increase in coronavirus cases in our country. All passengers on canceled flights can request a full refund of tickets or change the travel date at no additional cost, reads a note from the airline.

Iraq: entry ban for those coming from Italy
Iraqi authorities today imposed a ban on travelers from Italy and some Asian countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Local media report. "The Minister of Health and Environment, Jaafar Sadiq Allawi, chaired a meeting of the Special Committee for the year 2020 in the presence of the Director of Information for the Ministry of the Interior, General Saad Maan, and the head of affairs for residents. , General Qusay Sobeih Lazim, preparing the creation of a crisis unit in each Iraqi governorate to implement the provisions of the Ministry of Health, the implementation of the blocking of direct or indirect entrances for Chinese and Iranian citizens and the extension of the ban to travelers from South Korea, Japan, Italy, Thailand and Singapore ", reads a statement from the Ministry of Health taken from the satellite broadcaster in Sumeria. The Special Committee also invited the Iraqi population not to go to the countries in which it is prohibition in force.