Coronavirus: France, Member of Parliament infected: it is under intensive care. Costa Fortuna blocked off Phuket with Italians on board goes to Malaysia. First victim in the UK. Usa, 14 dead. American nurses: “Shortage of preparation”

Over 400 infections in Germany is France, where the 68-year-old deputy Jean-Luc Reitzer of Les Republicains – the party of the former president Nicolas Sarkozy – was infected and hospitalized in intensive care. On February 25 he was in Classroom while this week was absent. An Assembly bartender, who is in self-isolation, is also infected, while a worker from the restaurant of the Parliament. Both premises, which are in Rue de l’Université 101 to Paris, remain closed today. And in addition to the passengers of the Grand Princess, stuck in San Francisco and waiting for the test results to be able to land, docking prohibited in Phuket for the cruise ship Costa Fortuna who has 64 Italians on board “all healthy”, says the company. Thailand has imposed restrictions due to the coronavirus on the landing of Italians who have been in our country in the past 14 days. The ship, the company says, is sailing towards the Malaysia. Even the Madagascar imposed restrictions e Mediterranean coast he changed his itinerary by heading to the Seychelles.

The coronavirus emergency continues in the world, while in USA – where there are 14 victims so far, the infection has spread to 14 states – the National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of American nurses with 150,000 members, has reported a shortage of Preparation and equipment in many hospitals and clinics in the country to deal with the coronavirus emergency. From a survey which 6500 replied, “alarming results” emerged, said the director of the NNU, Bonnie Castillo: only 29% reported that there is a plan to isolate i potential patients infected in their jobs, 23% admitted that they do not even know if there is a plan, over a third revealed that they do not have access to masks protection and half did not receive any information on the coronavirus by employers. On the institutional front though Trump, in addition to denying the WHO data on mortality based on his “impression”, he tries to reassure: “Everyone must be calm. It will be all right, hopefully it won’t last too long, “he said in a debate on Fox Newswhere, however, he stressed, as an element “he likes”, that “people are now in the US, they spend their money in USA“. There South Korea, which yesterday for theWorld Health Organization it provided encouraging data and a falling curve of infections, 196 more than the last bulletin of yesterday afternoon, for a total of infections rose to 6,284. Deaths rose to 42. The China it reported 30 new victims, 143 new infections and 16 so-called “return infections”, cases imported by people who arrived in the country. The 4 reported to Beijing they all come from Italy. Overall, 3,042 people died in China from Covid-19. The four new “imported” cases of coronavirus reported in Beijing and confirmed by the Chinese authorities are all connected to Italy.

France – Paris renounces the spring marathon and postpones it to 18 October. The half marathon, which was to be held on March 1st, was also postponed until after the summer break, on September 6th.

UK – The first victim is an old woman with past illnesses who died at Royal Berkshire Hospital of Reading.

USA – There are 14 dead and 228 cases. Second CNN In Washington state alone 13 people died from the spread of the new coronavirus. Jeff Tomlin, head of EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, confirmed the death of 11 patients who tested positive on the facility. CNN also previously reported an 80-year-old woman who died at home and a 50-year-old man who died at Harborview Medical Center in Washington state. Another person died two days ago in California. First case also in Colorado: it is a man of 30 years who arrived in Denver from another state and who developed the symptoms two days later. He is now in solitary confinement while his fiancée is in quarantine. In California, National Guard paratroopers took the kits to test some of the 3,500 passengers on board for the new coronavirus on the Grand Princess cruise ship. The test was carried out on 45 crew members and passengers, after one person who had participated in a previous trip died from Covid-19 and four other people were infected. The ship was banned from docking and disembarking as a precaution, while 49 cases of contagion were reported in California, one of whom died. The shipping company Princess Cruises explained that the results of the swabs are expected today. The company is the same as the Diamond Princess, which had been quarantined in a Japanese port last week: over 700 people on board had been infected. gng

South Korea – Confirmation that yesterday in the country there were 518 new cases of coronavirus for a total of 6,284 people infected and 42 dead. The data was released by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kcdc), as reported by the Yonhap agency. Most of the new cases occur in the southeastern city of Daegu (367) and in the nearby province of Northern Gyeongsang (123). The victims are mostly elderly people with previous pathologies.

Thailand – “As a result of restrictions imposed by the Government of Thailand in the last hours on the landing of guests of Italian nationality who have transited in Italy in the last 14 days, the Costa Fortuna ship was unable to make the planned stop as per itinerary in the port of Pukhet” Costa Cruises explained in reference to the Costa Fortuna, which had to stay off Phuket. The company states that “the health situation on board is clear and there is no suspected case on the ship among Italian or other national guests”. “Costa Crociere regrets the sudden change of itinerary and confirms, in a situation in constant evolution, that the safety of its guests and crew members is an absolute priority”.

China – There are now 3,042 deaths in China from the new coronavirus epidemic. In the Asian giant, as confirmed by the Beijing health authorities, there are a total of 80,552 cases of infection (23,784 patients still hospitalized, 53,726 discharged from hospitals and recovered plus the victims). The latest data from the National Health Commission for yesterday spoke of 143 new confirmed cases and 30 other victims, one in the island province of Hainan and 29 in the province of Hubei, the most affected by the epidemic. Yesterday 1,681 people were discharged from hospitals in the People’s Republic. As of March 5, China reports 36 “imported” cases in total: 11 in Gansu province, four in Beijing and one in Shanghai.

Iran – Former Deputy Foreign Minister dies, Hossein Sheikholeslam. The 67-year-old diplomat, number two of the Islamic Republic’s diplomacy in the 1980s, died in a Tehran hospital. Sheikholeslam was also a parliamentarian, ambassador to Syria and foreign policy adviser to the head of Parliament, Ali Larijani, and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

taiwan – The authorities asked 103 people to isolate themselves in quarantine in their homes after being in close contact with an Australian musician who then tested positive for coronavirus. The man, who arrived in Taiwan from London via Singapore on the 23rd, played with the national orchestra for an event scheduled for February 28th after going to a clinic on the 27th denouncing flu symptoms, fever and cough. Finally he took the plane back to Adelaide via Brisbane. When news of the contagion emerged, the Center for Outbreak Control determined that the 27 musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, friends of the musician, spectators, hotel staff, crew and passengers should be closed in quarantine of the flight he took.

Argentine – Second “imported” case of coronavirus in Argentina. It is, according to the Clarin website, of a 23 year old who returned to the country on March 1 from a trip to northern Italy and currently hospitalized at the Otamendi nursing home in Buenos Aires after having manifested cough, fever and general malaise on March 3. At the moment, “the patient’s general condition is good,” the doctors said. On March 3, Argentina confirmed the first case of coronavirus, a man between 40 and 45 years old returned from a trip to Spain and Italy with a direct flight from Rome to Buenos Aires.

West Bank – President Abu Mazen has proclaimed a state of emergency since this morning after 7 coronavirus cases were identified yesterday in Bethlehem. As a result, schools, tourist resorts and closed places of worship. Palestinians have been asked to reduce travel between cities, especially in Bethlehem. Israeli defense minister Naftali Bennett has imposed (in agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PNA) “) the precautionary blockade of the city: no one can currently enter or leave, except in cases of extreme necessity.

Philippines – First case of local transmission. The authorities confirmed that a 62-year-old boy who never left the country tested positive for the new coronavirus. The man was hospitalized on March 1 for “severe pneumonia” and yesterday tested positive. Another 48-year-old Filipino tested positive after returning to Tokyo from the country. Both are hospitalized in solitary confinement. The Philippines had previously confirmed three cases of contagion: all Chinese travelers, one of whom later died of the epidemic.

Guatemala – A state of emergency was declared due to the coronavirus epidemic, although no cases of Covid-19 have been registered so far. “During the Council of Ministers we decided to declare a state of public disaster throughout the country,” confirmed President Alejandro Giammattei via Twitter. The related decree will come into force “immediately” with the publication and, the president assured, “border controls will increase”. “I make it clear that there is not a single case in the country” of coronavirus, he added. In neighboring Mexico there are five cases.

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