Coronavirus kills two in Italy as the town of Lombardy is put on lockdown
Two coronavirus patients in Italy have today died from the Covid-19 disease that has now killed more than 2,200 people and infected more than 75,000.
The first to die, a 78-year-old man, passed away in a hospital in north eastern Italy on Friday evening.
Adriano Trevisan, a retired bricklayer, had been admitted to the hospital for another health issue ten days ago said local authorities.
A former coronavirus patient has tested positive 10 days after being allowed to leave the hospital and go home, sparking fears that recovered sufferers may still carry the lethal virus. Pictured, a patient is discharged from Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan on February 18
Experts suspected that doctors had not given the patient appropriate virus tests. The picture shows a medic records a patient’s condition at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan on February 16
The only other fatality in Europe was a Chinese tourist who died last week in France.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link, although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small, its director general said on Saturday.
Cases with no clear link include those with no travel history to China or contact with a confirmed case, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter.
Globally, the coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 2,249 people, infected more than 76,700 and spread to at least two dozen countries. A medical worker is pictured treating a patient at an isolation ward at a hospital in south-western China’s Chongqing on February 1
Originating in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the new virus has infected more than 75,400 people inside China and 76,700 globally. In the picture above, a security staff member checks a passenger’s temperature at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport on January 26
According to reports, the disease remained mild in 80% of coronavirus patients, and was severe or critical in 20% of patients, he said. In 2% of reported cases, the virus was fatal.
‘Our biggest concern continues to be the potential for COVID-19 to spread in countries with weaker health systems,’ he said. ‘We have also published a strategic preparedness and response plan, with a call for $675 million to support countries, especially those which are most vulnerable.’
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,249 people and infected more than 76,700 globally