Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people

[ThirdTerm]

Italy's prime minister has said at least 16 million people are now under lock-down in Lombardy region and also in 14 provinces until early April.

The dramatic escalation in the country's efforts to contain the new coronavirus will close gyms, pools, museums and ski resorts.

Weddings and funerals are also suspended under the new measures.

Italy is Europe's worst-hit country and reported a steep rise in virus infections on Saturday.

The new measures, which also apply to financial centre Milan and tourist hotspot Venice will last until 3 April.

The death toll in Italy has passed 230, with officials reporting more than 50 deaths in 24 hours. The number of confirmed cases jumped by more than 1,200 to 5,883 on Saturday.

"We want to guarantee the health of our citizens. We understand that these measures will impose sacrifices, sometimes small and sometimes very big," Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said early on Sunday.

"But this is a time where we must take responsibility for ourselves."

Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people - BBC News

Italy now has more than 6,000 cases, slightly behind South Korea's 8,000. Italy is Europe's worst-hit country because millions of Chinese tourists have visited Milan and Venice, where the word quarantine was invented, leaving the coronavirus behind. Trump is considering a travel ban on countries like Italy and South Korea, where two of the world's major coronavirus outbreaks are taking place. The coronavirus may infect people around a patient by wafting through the air and breathing the same air with a patient in a confined space may be deadly.

 

[Jean-s]

It is fitting that the word quarantine should have originated in northern Italy during the medieval plague.

Quarantine - Wikipedia

 

[Infinite Chaos]

Italy now has more than 6,000 cases ~

Looking more and more likely that quarantining huge zones just as China did with some of its mega-cities will be the way to beat the virus. Death rate is still pretty low though.

 

[PeteEU]

Looking more and more likely that quarantining huge zones just as China did with some of its mega-cities will be the way to beat the virus. Death rate is still pretty low though.

Death rate is low, but the real big worry is mutation. The more that catch it, the higher chance of mutation and the higher chance of mutation into something with a much higher mortality rate.

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[lurchadams]

Italy now has more than 6,000 cases, slightly behind South Korea's 8,000. Italy is Europe's worst-hit country because millions of Chinese tourists have visited Milan and Venice, where the word quarantine was invented, leaving the coronavirus behind. Trump is considering a travel ban on countries like Italy and South Korea, where two of the world's major coronavirus outbreaks are taking place. The coronavirus may infect people around a patient by wafting through the air and breathing the same air with a patient in a confined space may be deadly.

The good news from all this: Luxury cruise fares are at bargain-basement lows right now, plus - if someone on the cruise tests positive for Covid-19 - you get an extended stay on the cruise at no additional cost!

I'm on expedia right now, trying to book a cruise to Macau. Please all wish me a "Bon Voyage"

 

[jamesbyoung]

Italy now has more than 6,000 cases, slightly behind South Korea's 8,000. Italy is Europe's worst-hit country because millions of Chinese tourists have visited Milan and Venice, where the word quarantine was invented, leaving the coronavirus behind. Trump is considering a travel ban on countries like Italy and South Korea, where two of the world's major coronavirus outbreaks are taking place. The coronavirus may infect people around a patient by wafting through the air and breathing the same air with a patient in a confined space may be deadly.

Milan is the banking center of Italy, which now is sliding ever faster in recession, and Europe can only follow.

 

[ThirdTerm]

Italy's European neighbours have pledged to keep borders open despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country. When several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, all apparently linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. There are now hundreds of cases reported in Germany, France and Britain. To contain the coronavirus' further spread in Europe, the EU should quarantine Italy by restricting movements of people across Italian borders. It should have been done much earlier, following the Chinese example. China is quarantining people who enter Beijing from other cities and they have to spend two weeks in isolation.

 

[Acadia]

Poland's got a strong border.

 

[Cardinal]

Italy now has more than 6,000 cases, slightly behind South Korea's 8,000. Italy is Europe's worst-hit country because millions of Chinese tourists have visited Milan and Venice, where the word quarantine was invented, leaving the coronavirus behind. Trump is considering a travel ban on countries like Italy and South Korea, where two of the world's major coronavirus outbreaks are taking place. The coronavirus may infect people around a patient by wafting through the air and breathing the same air with a patient in a confined space may be deadly.

Our situation will be as bad as Italy's in about a month.