In neighboring France, Paris also announced stricter measures as the country reported a record 58,046 new cases Thursday, according to the French health agency. “The virus is running and we have to stop it.” These figures “are not a good sign,” said Gianni Rezza, director of the prevention department at the ministry. Michel in Paris on November 3, the fifth day of France's lockdown.
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The government rejected a claim from a lawmaker, published in a reformist-leaning media outlet, that 50 people had died. Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said in a news conference on state TV that "this is not the time for political confrontations.A woman rides a bike along an empty street in the district of St. Iran's death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 12, parliament spokesman Asadollah Abbasi said, giving the country the most fatalities from the outbreak outside China. "We are following the situation in Italy very closely and commend the Italian authorities for their swift and efficient action," Kyriakides said. Kyriakides announced that a team of experts from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization was being sent to help Italy in its efforts to limit the transmission of the virus, known as COVID-19. Virus investigators in Italy suffered a setback when a person who recently visited China and was thought to be the "patient zero" for the Italian outbreak tested negative for the virus. Not in my backyard: Alabama balks at plan to house coronavirus patients Police roadblocks have been set up to stop people entering or leaving about a dozen towns. Several regions have closed schools, universities, museums, monuments and libraries and banned public events that attract crowds.īasilicata Gov. Vito Bardi ordered 14-day quarantines for anyone entering his sprawling southern region from the northern part of the country. Soldiers patrolled piazzas in Milan, and Venice shut down its iconic carnival three days early as Italy tightened restrictions on large public gatherings that could fan the spread of the virus. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has banned people from leaving infected areas, and police have been ordered to fine anyone caught entering or leaving certain towns. With 229 cases of the virus confirmed, Italy is easily the most involved European country.
In Italy, the death toll reached seven Monday night. View Gallery: Italy scrambles to limit spread of Coronavirus "We are all taking this situation seriously, but without giving in to panic, disorder or disinformation." In Europe, "protecting our citizens is the main priority," said Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. The latest figures show that coronavirus has a mortality rate of roughly 3.4%, compared to nearly 9.6% for SARS.Ī boom in cases in Italy, South Korea and Iran, he said, was "certainly very concerning." But he said China has shown that the virus can be contained. But the mortality rate, a statistic that measures the deadliness of the virus on infected persons, of SARS is still significantly higher. The new numbers of deaths continue to push the coronavirus well past that of the 2002-03 SARS outbreak. Congressional Democrats, however, Democrats quickly slammed the request as "woefully insufficient." total of confirmed cases rose from 35 to 53 on Monday night, hours after the White House requested $2.5 billion in new emergency funding to deal with the global outbreak. Tedros said a WHO team that spent time in China has determined the outbreak there peaked in late January and early February and has been in decline since. Opinion: Coronavirus fear sickens stock market, spreads need to diversify manufacturing Are we there yet? From our assessment, not yet." "Does this virus have pandemic potential? Absolutely. "For the moment, we are not witnessing the uncontained global spread of this virus, and we are not witnessing large-scale, severe disease or death," Tedros said Monday. The outbreak is not there yet, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization. The global death toll reached 2,699 on Monday night, with more than 80,000 confirmed cases. The unrelenting spread of the virus pushed global stocks sharply lower Monday amid fears that the outbreak could become a global pandemic - a worldwide outbreak of a serious new illness. Watch Video: Italy coronavirus outbreak: Residents clear grocery shelvesĪ swath of "hot spot" cities and towns across northern Italy were in lockdown Monday as authorities battled to contain a fast-spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus that has killed 2,600 people in China.
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