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- Italy, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan… In total, more than thirty countries are now affected by the coronavirus epidemic, with a toll that greatly exceeds 30 deaths outside of China.
- In Italy, 229 cases of coronavirus were detected, and seven people died from them. The European Union has not yet wished to reinstate border controls.
- The coronavirus epidemic has accelerated worldwide in recent days, causing market panic: this Tuesday morning at the opening, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plummeted by more than 4%.
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VIDEO
7.49 am: The shooting of the next 'Mission Impossible' interrupted in Italy
"For the sake of prudence for the safety and well-being of our actors and our teams, and with the efforts of the local Venetian authorities to stop any grouping of people faced with the threat of the coronavirus, we are modifying the production program for our three weeks of filming in Venice, "said a spokesperson for Paramount Pictures.
He said that Tom Cruise, who plays the hero of this film series, had not yet made the trip to Italy and that the members of the team had been given the green light to return home before the shooting does not start. The film is scheduled to be released on July 23, 2021.
7:36 am: Fourth death aboard the liner "Diamond Princess"
He is a man over 80 years old. According to the website of the daily Yomiuri Shimbun, he had contracted the coronavirus, but it is not known with certainty if it is the cause of his death.
Some 3,700 people (passengers and crew) had embarked on the Diamond Princess for a cruise that came to a halt when one of the travelers, disembarking in Hong Kong, was confirmed positive. A total of 691 people on this boat affected by the virus were hospitalized in Japan.
7:26 am: Where are we in the evolution of the disease?
According to this site, which gives the data of the epidemic in real time, this Tuesday morning we count:
- 80,147 cases worldwide (including 77,000 in China)
- 2,663 dead
- 27,418 people healed
In South Korea, the main focus of the epidemic outside China, South Korean health authorities announced on Tuesday 60 new cases, the weakest growth recorded in the last four days. In this country, the coronavirus has killed eight people.
In Italy, the most affected country in Europe, there were seven dead and 229 infected, including 167 cases in Lombardy. Two weeks of quarantine have been decreed for eleven cities in the north of the country.
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