Women in face masks are seen in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, after the Italian government imposed a virtual lockdown on the north of the country, in Milan, Italy March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus soared on Sunday (Mar 8), overtaking South Korea as the country with the highest number of fatalities after China.
The death count in Italy nearly tripled from 133 to 366, and infections rose by a single-day record of 1,492 to hit 7,375.
The outbreak has now killed around 3,800 people and infected more than 109,000 in 99 countries and territories.
A quarter of Italy's population is in lockdown. The measures, in place until Apr 3, bar people from entering or leaving vast areas of the north, according to a decree published online.
Sunday saw Rome forced to close its blockbuster exhibition marking 500 years since the death of Renaissance master Raphael.
The head of the southern Puglia region pleaded with anyone thinking of travelling there from areas in lockdown to "stop and turn around ... Don't bring the epidemic to Puglia".
The lockdown, however, does allow for the return home of those who were in the affected areas but live elsewhere, including tourists.
Football matches also took place behind closed doors - Italian Footballers' Association president Damiano Tommasi tweeted that "stopping football is the most useful thing for our country right now" as "the teams to cheer are playing in our hospitals, in emergency rooms".
Full story at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/italy-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths-cases-highest-china-korea-12517000
USA is number one liao!!!!! GXGX!!!!!
Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52056586
Italian mayors all sibeh dulan liao, one by one coming out to chao gan their citizens.
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China's
A lockdown imposed on 12 March in Italy has been extended
Coronavirus has killed more people in Italy than in any other country, after deaths there rose by 427 in a day.
The number of deaths now stands at 3,405, which is more than in China where the virus originated last year.
There have been 3,245 reported deaths in China, but there have been questions over the reliability of its data.
A lockdown imposed on 12 March in Italy has been extended beyond the original 25 March end date. Nearly all Italians have been told to stay at home.
Despite these measures, the number of new cases and deaths has continued to spiral.
There have been 220,000 cases of the virus worldwide with more than 9,000 deaths.
China confirmed it had no new domestic cases on Wednesday for the first time since the outbreak began, a major milestone.
But it reported 34 new cases among people who had recently returned to the country.
The number of cases in China - more than 81,000 - is still far higher than in Italy, which has 41,035.
Full story at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51964307
Coronavirus patients who refuse to self-isolate face murder charges in Italy
Anyone showing symptoms of coronavirus in Italy who refuses to self-isolate could face 21 years in prison.
Authorities warn that those who come down with a cough, fever or other signs of the deadly Sars-like disease who avoid going into quarantine could risk being charged with attempted murder. The country is struggling to contain the spread of the bug and has confirmed more than 12,000 cases and 827 deaths.
Italy has been put on a nationwide lockdown with all stores except for pharmacies and food outlets being ordered to close down. Citizens have also been told they are not allowed to travel unless for pressing health or work reasons.
Anyone who comes down with a fever, cough, or other symptoms of the new coronavirus strain named Covid-19 who do not put themselves under self-isolation risk being charged with causing injury and be jailed for six months to three years.
If a careless coronavirus sufferer went on to pass the bug to an elderly person or someone made vulnerable by a pre-existing health condition, then they could be charged with ‘intentional murder’ and could spend up to 21 years behind bars, reports Il Sole 24 Ore.
Those who carry on with their daily business after knowingly making contact with a coronavirus patient could also face the same penalty, as well as those who fail to warn people they may have infected.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/12/people-coronavirus-italy-refuse-self-isolate-face-murder-charges-12385790
When shopping in Italy, keep at least 1m apart from one another.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sa9NR_1584219603
What the Italian government has done so far for its citizens puts the PAP to shame.
Pornhub offers free premium service in Italy to ease coronavirus pains
When in Rome?
Italians can receive free premium porn content from a giant hub for Internet smut after Pornhub announced they will open their vaults of videos to the entire country.
The adult website said Thursday that quarantined web surfers can get free premium service while the site will donate money to help the European nation get through their hard times.
“Pornhub is donating its March proceeds from Modelhub to support Italy during this unfortunate time,” the company said on Twitter.
“Italy will also have free access to Pornhub Premium throughout the month. Forza Italia, we love you!”
Pornhub also recently rolled out coronavirus-themed porn on their site including a one featuring a “healthcare worker” in a hazmat suit.
The Italian peninsula is suffering a crisis of infections and death due to the new coronavirus tearing across the globe.
Deaths in the country topped 1,000 this week, with more than 15,000 testing positive.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/pornhub-offers-free-premium-service-in-italy-to-ease-coronavirus-pains/
All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise
(CNN) Italy has been put under a dramatic total lockdown, as the coronavirus spreads in the country. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that he is extending restrictions already in place in the north.
"All the measure of the red zones are now extended to all of the national territory," Conte said at a press conference on Monday evening as he also announced a ban on all public events.
The Prime Minister said the move was taken in order to protect the population, and especially the most fragile individuals. His announcement came at the end of a chaotic day that saw prison riots across the country.
Smoke billows from a rooftop of the Regina Coeli prison in central Rome on Monday.
Ninety-seven people have died of the novel coronavirus since Sunday in Italy, bringing its total number of deaths to 463. The country has 9,172 cases so far, the most of any European country.
Over the weekend, blanket travel restrictions were announced in just certain areas. The rest of the country will now join the northern provinces under lockdown -- one of the toughest responses implemented outside of mainland China to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
The coordinator for intensive care in the crisis unit for the northern Lombardy region told CNN that Lombardy's health care system was "one step from collapse" despite efforts to free up hospital beds.
"We are now being forced to set up intensive care treatment in corridors," Antonio Pesenti said. "We've emptied entire hospital sections to make space for seriously sick people."
He described seeing "a tsunami of patients," adding that there could be 18,000 patients in hospital by the end of the month if the virus continues to spread.
Full story at https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/09/europe/coronavirus-italy-lockdown-intl/index.html
This is so fucked up.
Uh oh ship has docked already. SIAO LIAO!!!!!
Live coverage by Zaobao:
THE FUCKING PAP WILL NEVER LEARN. ARE SINKIES READY TO GET FUCKED BIG TIME ONCE AGAIN WHEN WE WELCOME THEM ITALIANS WITH OPEN ARMS TOMORROW?
Tomorrow siam far far away from Harbourfront Centre and Vivocity!
Italian cruise ship Costa Fortuna to dock in Singapore
An Italian cruise ship, Costa Fortuna which was turned away from Thailand and Malaysia over Covid-19 fears will dock in Singapore, announced the island city’s port authorities.
The Costa Fortuna departed from Marina Bay Cruise Centre on March 3 on a 7 days round-trip but was barred from docking in various ports. It was barred from Phuket, the popular Thai holiday island on Friday (6 Mar) and on Saturday (7 Mar), the cruise ship was not allowed to enter the northern Malaysian state of Penang.
The cruise ship carrying 2000 passengers, including 64 Italians, will return to Singapore, the vessel’s home port where guests originally boarded the liner, on Thursday (12 Feb). There is currently no confirmed Covid-19 infections reported on board.
Local authorities said on Monday (9 Mar) that the ship’s passengers had completed pre-embarkation checks when they boarded; temperatures of individuals were taken and their travel histories thoroughly scrutinized.
The authorities also stressed that passengers entering the island city are required to undergo temperature screening, and those who exhibit fever and respiratory symptoms would have to do a swab test to weed out coronavirus cases.
There was however, no indication from the authorities that the passengers who are allowed to disembark will be quarantined although medical experts have warned that temperature screening will only detect those that are symptomatic and the virus has been known to remain dormant for up to 45 days with over 50% of those infected remaining asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, the island city’s total Covid-19 infected count currently stands at 150, with 90 cases having fully recovered and discharged from hospital. Of the 60 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving. Nine remain in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
http://www.tremeritus.net/2020/03/09/italian-cruise-ship-costa-fortuna-to-dock-in-singapore/