Coronavirus Outbreak | Live Updates on Covid-19 - Part -1

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Canada confirms 11th case of coronavirus

February 25, 2020

Alabama mayor: “We’re simply not prepared” to help patients with coronavirus.

US has 53 confirmed cases of Coronavirus

February 25, 2020

There are now 53 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed.

These include 36 people who were aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, three people repatriated from China and 14 US cases.

Italy Refuses to Suspend Schengen Agreement Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

February 24, 2020

The Italian government has turned down the idea of the reintroduction of internal Schengen borders as a prevention measure against the further spreading of the coronavirus, after over 200 cases have been detected within the last three days.

In a press release held after an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet of ministers at the Civil Protection headquarters, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said suspending the Schengen Agreement would not help towards the containment of the Coronavirus.

“This is a draconian measure that does not meet the needs of Italian citizens in the field of containment of infection,” the prime minister said regarding the suspension of the Schengen Agreement.

Furthermore, he sarcastically told journalists that closing the borders would turn Italy into a lazaretto, that is an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases, like leprosy or plague

Even before the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Italy, the Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza had told the Parliamentary Control Committee members that the Coronavirus outbreak is not a strong enough and justifiable reason to suspend the Schengen agreement and reintroduce internal border checks.

There are now 219 confirmed cases in Italy and five deaths

February 24, 2020

Italy reports its 4th coronavirus-related death

February 24, 2020

Five new cases confirmed in Hong Kong

February 24, 2020

Afghanistan announces first confirmed case

February 24, 2020

More than 230 new cases were confirmed in South Korea today, raising the national total to 833

February 24, 2020

Map of World Highlighting Countries Affected by Coronavirus Outbreak — Workers spray disinfectant at a market in Seoul on Monday. Source: Getty Images

Two Japanese health workers who went on board the Princess Diamond cruise ship have coronavirus

February 24, 2020

Qatar Airways will quarantine passengers arriving from Iran and South Korea

February 24, 2020

WHO: The “window of opportunity” to contain the virus in China is closing

February 24, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the “window of opportunity is narrowing” to contain the worst of the coronavirus outbreak to mainland China.