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riversedge

(69,537 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 10:57 PM Feb 2020

Coronavirus Updates: Italy Reports 650 Cases And 17 Deaths

Source: npr






February 27, 20201:36 PM ET




Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET

Italy's number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases spiked by more than 50% in just 24 hours and now stands at 650, the Italian Ministry of Health says, adding that 17 people have died from the respiratory virus. More than 400 of the cases are in the hard-hit Lombardy region, where some towns are under a lockdown.

Nearly 250 of the people who were infected are currently in the hospital, including 56 patients who are in intensive care, the Italian ministry says, citing a Thursday afternoon update from Angelo Borrelli, commissioner for the coronavirus emergency. Another 284 people who have been infected are in home isolation to try to stop the coronavirus from spreading further.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy led the U.S. State Department to add concerns about the virus to its travel advisory for Italy this week. The advisory stands at Level 2: "exercise increased caution" – one level short of "reconsider travel."

Alarmed by the virus's potential impact on its economy, Italy's government is urging foreign media to reassure people around the world that it's safe to visit Italy.


"Tourism is already taking a big hit, with a surge in hotel cancellations," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome, "and several American study-abroad programs have shut down.".........................

Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/27/809984502/coronavirus-update-japan-is-closing-all-its-schools-for-a-month



These waiters must be bored silly.





Waiters stand by an empty restaurant in Venice's St. Mark's Square, which would normally be full of tourists, as a coronavirus outbreak grows in Italy.
Manuel Silvestri/Reuters
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Coronavirus Updates: Italy Reports 650 Cases And 17 Deaths (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2020 OP
So about 2%, right? eom MontanaMama Feb 2020 #1
Its probably going to fluctuate depending on the level of health care people have access to cstanleytech Feb 2020 #2
American deaths in Vietnam was under 2%. And that was some big impact. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #9
I am not downplaying 2% death rates. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #10
That place would normally have Carnival/Mardi Gras BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #3
Only if everyone who got it in the last 24 hours recover elias7 Feb 2020 #4
That's gotta hurt bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #5
I have a relative that is flying there for a planned two week vacation helpisontheway Feb 2020 #6
We have a wedding trip DownriverDem Feb 2020 #7
Why the high no. of Italy cases & not the rest of Europe, other places? appalachiablue Feb 2020 #8

cstanleytech

(26,026 posts)
2. Its probably going to fluctuate depending on the level of health care people have access to
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:27 PM
Feb 2020

with the highest number of deaths occurring in countries where access is restricted.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,266 posts)
9. American deaths in Vietnam was under 2%. And that was some big impact.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:04 AM
Feb 2020

2% seems like a small percentage, but the body count could be immense.

Hopefully a vaccine will be discovered, produced, and made affordable.

MontanaMama

(23,219 posts)
10. I am not downplaying 2% death rates.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 08:13 AM
Feb 2020

It is higher than influenza and that is and ought to be a concern...as is the fact that covid19 is killing young healthy people.

BigmanPigman

(51,368 posts)
3. That place would normally have Carnival/Mardi Gras
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:32 PM
Feb 2020

revelers swarming all over the place. Instead it is a ghost town. A month or so ago it was flooded with record breaking rains and now this.

elias7

(3,974 posts)
4. Only if everyone who got it in the last 24 hours recover
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:39 PM
Feb 2020

Otherwise, the mortality rate is going to be a bit higher.

bucolic_frolic

(42,478 posts)
5. That's gotta hurt
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 07:32 AM
Feb 2020

Italian medicine, like French, has often been on the cutting edge or care even when technology lagged.

helpisontheway

(5,002 posts)
6. I have a relative that is flying there for a planned two week vacation
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:07 AM
Feb 2020

I’m not sure which city. However, I hope he will be okay. He is young and very fit with no medical issues so he should be okay.

DownriverDem

(6,187 posts)
7. We have a wedding trip
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:34 AM
Feb 2020

planned in Italy in June. (Relative getting married) We are freaking out and wonder if we should go. We don't want to be stuck there.

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