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Coronavirus: fourth death in Italy, over 200 infected

Coronavirus: fourth death in Italy, over 200 infected

84-year-old man dies in hospital, he had pre-existing conditions

Rome, 24 February 2020, 12:11

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A fourth person with the coronavirus has died in Italy, Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana said on Monday. The governor told RAI radio that the latest deceased was "an elderly person with other pathologies".
    The 84-year-old man died in hospital in Bergamo.
    Fontana said the number of people in his region alone infected with the deadly disease had climbed to 165, meaning the total for the nation has crossed the 200 mark.
    In Veneto 27 cases have been reported and there are 16 in Emilia-Romagna, plus three in Piedmont, three in Trentino-Alto Adige and three in Lazio. The Lazio cases are that of a Italian researcher who was brought back from Wuhan and has recovered and two Chinese tourists being treated at Rome's Spallanzani hospital.
    The authorities have taken emergency measures to try to stop the spread of the virus.
    Road blocks have been set up to stop people entering or leaving around 10 towns in the province are Lodi that the epicentre of the virus in Lombardy.
    The regions of Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia have closed schools, universities, museums, monuments and libraries and banned public events that attract big crowds.
    As a result four Serie A games were postponed on Sunday and the famous Venice carnival was cancelled. Part of the problem for the Italian authorities is that they do not yet know where the contagion has come from.
    A manager who recently visited China and who was thought to be the 'patient zero' for the Italian outbreak, as he had contact with a 38-year-old who spread the disease to other people, has tested negative for it. European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced that a team of experts from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization was being sent to help Italy in its efforts to limit the transmission of COVID19.
    "We are following the situation in Italy very closely and commend the Italian authorities for their swift and efficient action," Kyriakides said via Twitter. "@EU_Commission stands ready to provide support. "It is only together that we can contain the spread of the #COVID19".
    A train that was halted at the Brenner Pass, at the border between Austria and Italy, because two German women appeared to have had flu symptoms was allowed through and completed its journey to Munich after they tested negative for the coronavirus. Basilicata Governor Vito Bardi has ordered that anyone who enters the southern region from northern regions hit by the outbreak must undergo a 14-day period of quarantine in isolation or at home.
   

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