Italy is getting hammered

Sam06

The PM of Italy has ordered 1/4 of the country into quarantine.

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A quarter of Italy's population has been put under lockdown in a desperate bid to stop the spread of coronavirus as Pope Francis delivered his Sunday prayers via live stream.

The killer disease has gripped Italy where the number of cases rose by 1,247 in the last 24 hours - its biggest daily increase in cases since the outbreak began - taking the total to 5,883. 

Another 36 people also died as a result of the virus, taking the total to 233 in the largest outbreak in Europe.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree in the early hours of this morning that will continue until April 3 stopping about 16 million people from moving in and out of several regions in the country's prosperous north.

The regions quarantined are: Lombardy, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro, Urbino, Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Vercelli, Padua, Treviso and Venice. 

Meanwhile, Pope Francis broke with centuries of tradition by enlisting the help of technology for his weekly Angelus prayer. 

'I am close through prayer with the people who suffer from the current coronavirus epidemic,' the 83-year-old pontiff said in a message recorded at the Vatican library and aired live on a screen on Saint Peter's Square.

The Pope himself tested negative for the virus after he fell ill on Ash Wednesday with symptoms of a cold including a cough, fever, chills and sore throat. 

Around the world, more and more countries are bracing for a surge in virus cases as the global death toll hits 3,500 with more than 100,000 diagnoses.

Some nations are imitating China - where the virus first emerged late last year and which has suffered the vast majority of infections - by imposing travel controls and shutting down public events.

Many countries - including Australia, Vietnam and the USA - have banned entry to anyone who has travelled through or to China recently.

Other countries, including Jordan and Lebanon, have also banned entry to anyone who travelled to Italy. 

Mr Conte said: 'For Lombardy and for the other northern provinces that I have listed there will be a ban for everybody to move in and out of these territories and also within the same territory.

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jimdeere

Indeed, I do. 

spasmcreeksrun

it just flitted out of the air and no idiot is to blame.......the diseases we controlled and/or once eliminated from the USA are just falling out of the sky on a south wind...yep..........

Grasshopper

  Yet Benocrats are having rally's all over, NCAA is having ballgames which have tens of thousands attending, NHL  having games, XFL having games, murders are still at the same level in cities, muggings the same, NBA having games, seems like the world pandemic is in the minds of the media or am I being misled and none of the gatherings of thousands are not happening?

Horse Plains Drifter

"Italy is getting hammered"

Yep, looks like they're really getting wopped.

serf

us55840 said:

All spread starting with ONE PAKISTANI IMMIGRANT!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/oh-my-coronavirus-patient-zero-in-italy-reportedly-a-pakistani-immigrant/

Oh My. Coronavirus Patient Zero in Italy Reportedly a Pakistani Immigrant

 by Jim Hoft March 7, 2020

According to recent reports from Italy the coronavirus patient zero in the Pavia area is a Pakistani immigrant who refused to self-isolate after testing positive for the virus.

The EU Times reported that the

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“The Carabinieri have been busy reconstructing all the movements of the young man, in order to identify as many people as possible with whom he came into contact. In the meantime, the military has closed the Chinese restaurant,” reports Free West Media.

The migrant now faces up to 3 months in jail for failing to self-isolate under article 650 of the Italian penal code.

Italy has recorded a total of more than 3,000 cases of the coronavirus and 148 people have died. The country was the primary source of the virus spreading to numerous other European countries.

 That's because the Pakistani government allowed flights into China and then let them fly in until the end of February! Since they are good buddies with the commies in China and now Italy is toast! Unbelievable ignorance from Pakistan!

                                                        serf

jimdeere

Actually, some have two, Jim. One n each end.

Sam06

Barzillia said:

No one has, or will likely ever, figure out who patient 0 was in Italy, and it is nothing but hate and ignorance to disseminate  the horsecrap disinformation claiming to have  such knowledge.

https://apnews.com/afs:Content:8622170027

Regardless if he did what was written the article he is a POS.