Posted on 03/09/2020 4:16:40 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
The Italian PM Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday that special measures will be imposed across the whole country including travel restrictions and a ban on gatherings in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus (Paywall Free).
The measures had initially been imposed on certain regions in the north like Lombardy which has seen the biggest outbreak of the virus.
But on Monday evening, after it was announced the death toll had risen by 97 to 463, the PM said the measures would be imposed nationwide.
Those measures include banning all public gatherings and stopping travel other than for work and emergencies.
Conte said the measures, which will affect 60 million people, were needed to protect the country's most vulnerable and people should now stay at home, Reuters news agency said. The decree would come into force on Tuesday morning.
All sporting events will be suspended including Italy's Serie A football league.
"I am going to sign a decree that can be summarised as follows: I stay at home," Conte announced in a dramatic evening television address.
"The whole of Italy will become a protected zone," he said.
Travel in and out of the country as well as movement between cities will be restricted.
But it was not immediately clear how all these measures will be imposed.
Trains and numerous flights continued to operate into and out of Milan on Monday despite the earlier set of restrictions for its Lombardy region.
The government had already moved to close schools and universities across the country as well as cinemas, theatres and gyms.
Another 1,897 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, Italy's Civil Protection Department announced on Monday evening, bringing the total number of people confirmed to have contracted the new virus since the outbreak began to 9,172.
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Technically the Vatican is independent from Rome, so he could if he were foolhardy enough.
But why lock down a country’s whale? (What does a giant mammal have to do with any of this?)
Oh, wait.
[But why lock down a country’s whale? (What does a giant mammal have to do with any of this?)]
That’s one way to quell “The Arab Spring” Hijrah. Perhaps all the nations bordering Turkey should do likewise.
My thought exactly. Is this the same virus as china etc or a mutation?
Without mitigation, yes. The administration still has measures they can use to slow it down, but they must be proactive and not reactive.
Doubtful. We're seeing around a 6-day doubling cycle - meaning two weeks from now we'll probably be a little of 5,000 cases.
Of course, that equates to over 50,000 cases here the week after Easter.
Look at the graph here.
Tucker reported that rate tonight. if you average the number of case rates since the first case you might get six day doubling rate.
But since 2/27, the case doubling rate is right near every two days. This is the current rate, trending for nine the last eleven days straight.
Graph here...
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
It's fast - but not every two days.
There were 400 cases about 3 1/2 days ago. We'll probably hit 800 in about 2 1/2 more days (+/-).
Doubling right now is about 4-5 days.
Now it’s looking like closer to 4 days for doubling. Cases are up to 738 already. That’s a pretty big jump today.
foosball or better known as soccer for those whom are from the usa
Ar15 forums has a post from local that they are NOT treating people over 65 and people with health issues. Health system is Overwhelmed.
Same thing that we will be dealing with in 30 days.
Oh man,... sad.
There are warning signals. I'm hoping we somehow avoid it.
Each year our hospitals fill up with people with the flu.
This will be like that perhaps.
I don't see us refusing service.
I consider Tucker as yelling FIRE in a crowded theater,
He undermines our President!
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