MILAN An outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy worsened on Friday, with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy and two in the adjacent region of Veneto.
Just hours after revealing that six people had come down with the virus in the first known cases of local transmission in Italy, Lombardy officials said a further eight had tested positive, including five health workers.
The government said that in the affected area, covering several small towns southeast of Italy's financial capital Milan, it was banning all public events and closing schools, offices and sports venues.
"We had prepared a plan in recent days, because it was clear what has happened could somehow happen," Health Minister Roberto Speranza told reporters as doctors tested hundreds of people who might have come into contact with the coronavirus sufferers.
None of the people are believed to have visited China, the epicenter of the virus, but the first infected patient, a 38-year-old man now in intensive care, fell ill after meeting a friend who had recently been there.
That man has since tested negative for the disease, but doctors were investigating whether he carried the virus and subsequently recovered without showing any symptoms, said Lombardy regional councillor Giulio Gallera.
The pregnant wife of the initial patient and one of his friends were infected, along with three others admitted to hospital overnight suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms.
Two people also tested positive in preliminary analyses in Veneto, but doctors had not yet confirmed the infection.
After the first confirmed cases late in January, Italy suspended all direct flights to and from China, provoking the ire of the Beijing government.
"Diplomatic and economic issues are fundamental but health comes first," Health Minister Speranza said on Friday as he announced the government's latest measures.
All those who have entered Italy after visiting areas in China affected by the coronavirus will have to stay home under surveillance, the health ministry said in a statement.
Authorities continued their efforts to track down everyone the new patients had come into contact with.
"Most of the contacts of those who tested positive for coronavirus have been identified and subjected to the necessary tests and measures," the Lombardy region said in a statement early on Friday before the eight new cases were announced.
Prior to Friday, Italy had reported just three cases of the virus, which first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
Two Chinese tourists from Wuhan tested positive in Rome in late January, while an Italian who returned home on a special flight repatriating some 56 nationals from the same city was hospitalized a week later.
China has had more than 75,400 cases of the coronavirus and 2,236 people have died, most of them in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan.
(Additional reporting by Francesco Guarascio in Brussels, Elvira Pollina in Milan and Riccardo Bastianello in Veneto; Editing by Gavin Jones, Christina Fincher and Bernadette Baum)
死亡一例 43 min ago First coronavirus death reported in Italy From CNN’s Livia Borghese in Rome and Taylor Barnes in Atlanta A 78-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died at a hospital in Padua, northern Italy. It is Italy's first death from the coronavirus, that is quickly spreading around the world. The country has reported 14 new confirmed cases of the virus, all in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bringing the country's total to 17. Italian news agency ANSA said the patient also suffered from “previous pathologies.” The death was also reported by the president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, in a TV interview. Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced severe restrictions in areas of the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which have recorded most of Italy's coronavirus cases. All public events have been canceled, schools, shops and local enterprises closed and sporting activities have been suspended. Anyone who has come into contact with people who have tested positive for the virus must go into quarantine and those who live in villages where coronavirus cases have been reported must stay in isolation at home, according to ordnance issued by Italy’s health ministry.
with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy and two in the adjacent region of Veneto. None of the people are believed to have visited China. 这病毒好神奇啊，这些人没去过中国，Lombardy地区的大城市只有Milan，也不是中国游客喜欢去的Rome, Florence or Venice.
死亡一例 43 min ago First coronavirus death reported in Italy From CNN’s Livia Borghese in Rome and Taylor Barnes in Atlanta A 78-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died at a hospital in Padua, northern Italy.
It is Italy's first death from the coronavirus, that is quickly spreading around the world. The country has reported 14 new confirmed cases of the virus, all in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bringing the country's total to 17.
Italian news agency ANSA said the patient also suffered from “previous pathologies.”
The death was also reported by the president of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, in a TV interview.
Italy’s Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced severe restrictions in areas of the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which have recorded most of Italy's coronavirus cases.
All public events have been canceled, schools, shops and local enterprises closed and sporting activities have been suspended.
Anyone who has come into contact with people who have tested positive for the virus must go into quarantine and those who live in villages where coronavirus cases have been reported must stay in isolation at home, according to ordnance issued by Italy’s health ministry. fish_fish 发表于 2/21/2020 8:38:51 PM
with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy and two in the adjacent region of Veneto. None of the people are believed to have visited China. 这病毒好神奇啊，这些人没去过中国，Lombardy地区的大城市只有Milan，也不是中国游客喜欢去的Rome, Florence or Venice. keluoyi 发表于 2/21/2020 10:05:39 PM
Coronavirus Outbreak Grows in Northern Italy, 16 Cases Reported in One Day
By Reuters
Feb. 21, 2020
Updated 1:53 p.m. ET
MILAN An outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy worsened on Friday, with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy and two in the adjacent region of Veneto.
Just hours after revealing that six people had come down with the virus in the first known cases of local transmission in Italy, Lombardy officials said a further eight had tested positive, including five health workers.
The government said that in the affected area, covering several small towns southeast of Italy's financial capital Milan, it was banning all public events and closing schools, offices and sports venues.
"We had prepared a plan in recent days, because it was clear what has happened could somehow happen," Health Minister Roberto Speranza told reporters as doctors tested hundreds of people who might have come into contact with the coronavirus sufferers.
None of the people are believed to have visited China, the epicenter of the virus, but the first infected patient, a 38-year-old man now in intensive care, fell ill after meeting a friend who had recently been there.
That man has since tested negative for the disease, but doctors were investigating whether he carried the virus and subsequently recovered without showing any symptoms, said Lombardy regional councillor Giulio Gallera.
The pregnant wife of the initial patient and one of his friends were infected, along with three others admitted to hospital overnight suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms.
Two people also tested positive in preliminary analyses in Veneto, but doctors had not yet confirmed the infection.
After the first confirmed cases late in January, Italy suspended all direct flights to and from China, provoking the ire of the Beijing government.
"Diplomatic and economic issues are fundamental but health comes first," Health Minister Speranza said on Friday as he announced the government's latest measures.
All those who have entered Italy after visiting areas in China affected by the coronavirus will have to stay home under surveillance, the health ministry said in a statement.
Authorities continued their efforts to track down everyone the new patients had come into contact with.
"Most of the contacts of those who tested positive for coronavirus have been identified and subjected to the necessary tests and measures," the Lombardy region said in a statement early on Friday before the eight new cases were announced.
Prior to Friday, Italy had reported just three cases of the virus, which first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
Two Chinese tourists from Wuhan tested positive in Rome in late January, while an Italian who returned home on a special flight repatriating some 56 nationals from the same city was hospitalized a week later.
China has had more than 75,400 cases of the coronavirus and 2,236 people have died, most of them in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan.
(Additional reporting by Francesco Guarascio in Brussels, Elvira Pollina in Milan and Riccardo Bastianello in Veneto; Editing by Gavin Jones, Christina Fincher and Bernadette Baum)
是一天之内突然确诊16例，应该是潜伏有段时间了。
估计欧洲其他国家也会慢慢出现病例的，新冠的传染性超强。
看最新的调查说病毒可能不只有武汉一个来源
武汉封城之前有n个团去米兰罗马旅行，走了不少地方。传到意大利不惊奇。
美国估计也一样
五毛们又开始带节奏了
这个我倒是信。可能马来西亚那些地方已经有一阵子了。但因为当地气候温暖，新冠在那儿不容易大规模流行。流传到中国后，气候有利于新冠，然后就大爆发。
哪儿都别去了，机场里人来人往的，能在家里好好混过今年就笑吧
RE，美国只多不少，每天每天国人来美国的比去欧洲的多多了，按比例的话不可能比欧洲少
潜伏期过了
最后说不定真只有美国岁月静好，毕竟大农村，除了几个大城市，人口分散
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昨天的最新研究，3:24开始，专家论证了无症状传染的存在。
cdc就是这样做的啊，死活只查从国内来的有症状的。
欧洲人口密度不输亚洲，如果真爆发了也是星火燎原之势。
前面有研究说白人的ACE2亲和度最低，现在就可以验证新冠对白人是不是就一个普通流感。
不然怎么查？来一个人赶去做个CT？筛选有症状的是目前为止有能力做的
我本来想四月去日本，邮轮的消息一出来就放弃了
看看意大利，韩国，新加坡，日本，我觉得美国还这么少实在不可思议，不敢放心相信
韩国那个是邪教徒参加教会活动感染一大批。这个病毒对于聚集性活动的传播太厉害了
但是好像在一个小城市先爆的，没去过意大利的土人问，这个小城中国游客会去么? 要爆也该米兰罗马弗洛伦萨先爆啊
这些地方人口密度比美国高
纽约城是独立了对么？纽约跑不掉的话，传遍美国是迟早的，每天多少游客人来人往
中国团都是游览大城市，住在小镇。第一个例子貌似就是小镇留宿的游客。然后土著小镇人去了米兰意大利，接触了，再回小镇，或者出差去中国，回到小镇，就传到了。
意大利这么著名的旅游点和商业地，这点例子太不奇怪了。
意大利人还喜欢热情的贴脸拥抱，传起来没商量。
fwiw我也从来不信美国纽约没有。
确实，罗马米兰都灵佛罗伦萨没动静，先爆出来的是Lombardy and Veneto，都不知道这什么地方。华人会去这些地方旅游？
三胖什么时候输过，真不的不服。中国最亲密的兄弟居然能置身事外。
朝鲜唯一对外的交通就是每星期飞中国的两个航班，现在又断了，想感染都难。
三胖笑看世界乱糟糟，在朝鲜发出银铃般的笑声。。。
对呀 就是这个零号病人意大利人，从中国回来后不老老实实隔离，反倒和朋友聚餐引起的。 这么多人都不仔细看新闻。。。
意大利是生更签证，直飞意大利的本来就不多吧，
武汉机场的统计表里封城之前直飞罗马的有2500多人次。
我就看了上半段。。。🤣 关键的东西怎么放在新闻的后面,差评。又是个损友，全世界都有。他自己到没事。看来农村说的，拜年就是害人，聚餐就是送死 非常有道理。。。
再加个前缀，有限空间内的聚集性活动。如果是在足球场上搞团拜，估计就没那么大风险
朝鲜能有几个外国人，和其他国家不是一个数量级的。当然想关门就关门
我记得和美国前后脚停航的。
现在这些是怎么传的？
对 Bologa温州人极多
太精辟了，不扶墙就服你。
想起章mm了
Italy had his first italian case who has not been to china confirmed tonight at 1AM, 10 hours later his wife and a friend had been tested and resulted positive to COVID-19 and other 2 friends are being tested this morning with same sympthoms.
The man had a meeting with coworkers who has been to china on january 31, so it means he has been infected for 20 days walking all through milan. Source (Italian): https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_febbraio_21/coronavirus-italia-cosa-sappiamo-casi-codogno-lombardia-27fa736c-548b-11ea-9196-da7d305401b7_amp.html
万万没想到啊！
怎么知道他是真的0号……头疼
是很难确定，但是跟他接触的多人发病了，他一个月前从中国回来的，所以很有可能。
这个不是传染给那十六个人的那位吧？那位co-worker 一直无症状 也测不到阴性 没死啊
三胖有几个邦交国，关门当然容易了。
不确定，新加坡温度也不低。
南美现在登革热大爆发，再来新冠的话，要疯了，南美医疗整体也不行
Lombardy 就是米兰大区， 意大利华人很多， 留学生也不少
Padova!!??!!
卧槽直接攻击解刨学发源地啊。。。。
另外那个地方有对于意大利人来说相当于敦煌莫高窟一样地位的壁画 在Scrovegni Chapel
意大利的温州移民灰常多 Bologa是大聚点 米兰也不少 出门坐飞机经过米兰很正常 另外中国游客飞意大利直飞米兰的非常多
Cdc这么做是因为他们认为，无症状的人病毒load低，现有的检测方法不灵敏，不能检出，反而因为是假阴性结果，容易让人放松警惕(也算是个借口吧)。
现在基因编辑大牛张锋他们组正在开发更灵敏的办法，应该在测试是否能用了。新方法不用把样品送中央实验室检测，而是试纸类，1小时可以出结果。如果成功，CDC应该会很快增加测试范围。
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4hySgc2WShBLr3YK9KAc1g
想想看超级碗。。。。。
不是说封城后还有逃出去，然后各地游玩得瑟的？这群人是最应该扁的！
北朝鲜人民三呼万岁，南朝鲜人民无比向往
跟伊朗比较一下其实还是有必要关门的
我又看了下报道 你看的应该是把非输入第一例确诊和第一例死亡混了
第一例非中国人确诊是一个30多的男子 现在认为是被一月底从中国回来的朋友传染的
第一例死亡的padova 70多岁老头现在还不知道怎么染的。
第二例死亡是伦巴底一个女性
我的意思是可能是长期居住的米兰的人传染的，而不是中国游客传染的。中国游客就算直飞米兰，也最多待1-2天，其他时间会在Rome, Florence or Venice,不可能只传染给米兰人，不传给其他大城市的人。
伦巴地的老太是同天去了第一例非华人确诊的那位38岁运动员去的急诊室，估计就是在那里被感染。 老头的感染源还在排查中。
真是这样就太好了，真不希望这次又是中国霍霍全世界
太恐怖了
各国生物医学界对PRRA的来源正在调查，发现新冠可能有多个源头。