中国境外疫情加速爆发，到目前为止，意大利119827，美国258112.

[lindamy]

1 min ago
Italy has not reached coronavirus peak, health official says
From CNN's Livia Borghese in Rome and Sharon Braithwaite in London

Italy has not reached the peak of coronavirus contagion, director of Italy's National Health Institute Silvio Brusaferro said Friday during a press conference.

Brusaferro said that Italy "has not reached the peak [of contagion], we have signs that the curve is slowing down which make us assume that we are close to this. We expect that we could reach the peak these coming days. We are not in a descending phase, but the growth is slowing down."

"We must not delude ourselves that a slowdown of the spread may lead us to slow down the measures of social distancing that we have adopted," Brusaferro added.

"If we had to decide today, I consider inevitable the extension of the measures, because we are not in a markedly declining phase, we are still in a containment phase," Franco Locatelli, president of the National Health institute said referring to the government containment measure that are in force till April 3.
Both Locatelli and Brusaferro are part of the technical and scientific committee that advises the government on the measures to take to stop the spread of the virus.

 

[lindamy]

51 min ago
Air pollution is down across Europe
From CNN's Tim Lister

The European Space Agency published new images showing sharp reductions in pollution over several major cities in Europe due to the coronavirus crisis.

The data is based on observations by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, and show dramatic declines in the levels of nitrogen dioxide concentrations over Paris, Milan and Rome, compared to average concentrations a year ago.

The measurements were taken over 10 days to even out changes in the weather, which affect the concentration of nitrogen dioxide. NO2 forms when fossil fuels such as coal, oil, gas or diesel are burned.

European Space Agency

 

[lindamy]

1 hr 5 min ago
101-year-old Italian coronavirus patient released from hospital
From CNN's Valentina DiDonato in Rome and Sharon Braithwaite in London

A 101-year-old man who tested positive for coronavirus has been released from hospital, Gloria Lisi, the deputy mayor of Rimini, Italy, said in a statement Thursday.

The man, referred to as "Mr. P" in the statement, was born in 1919 — in the middle of another tragic world pandemic.

“A hope for the future of all of us in the body of a person over one hundred years old, when the sad chronicles of these weeks mechanically tell us every day of a virus that is raging especially among the elderly. Mr. P. made it. The family brought him home yesterday evening. To teach us that even at 101 years the future is not written,” Lisi said.

Mr. P. was hospitalized in Rimini last week after testing positive for Covid-19.

Rimini registered 1,189 coronavirus cases as of Thursday, according to the Italian Civil Protection Department.

 

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焚尸炉不冒烟吗？

 

[lindamy]

2 hr 27 min ago
Spain death toll rises by 769 in single day
From Ingrid Formanek and Tim Lister in Spain and Max Ramsay in London

Volunteer workers from a regional search and rescue crew disinfect a stretcher in Pamplona, Spain, on March 26. Alvaro Barrientos/AP

At least 4,858 people have died from coronavirus in Spain, with 64,059 cases recorded, according to Spanish Health Ministry data released Friday.

The country's rise in deaths -- up 769 -- was a new record in Spain, though the rate of increase was slower than in the past two days.

Lower increase in cases: The increase in new cases -- 7,871 -- was lower than in the past two days.

On Thursday, Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa had said analysis of recent data from Spain indicated a “phase of stabilization” in the trend of diagnoses.

 

[lindamy]

2 min ago
Fresh spike in South Korea cases
From CNN’s Sophie Jeong in Seoul

South Korean Red Cross workers prepare emergency relief kits packed with basic necessities for delivery to impoverished people experiencing difficulties amid the spread of coronavirus on March 27, in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

South Korea reported a spike in coronavirus cases Saturday, with 146 new infections confirmed, according to the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Previously this week, between 64 and 104 cases have been reported each day. The national total, which includes patients who have been treated and discharged, stands at 9,478.

Of the 146 new cases, 24 are from airport screenings, while 92 were from areas with previous high concentrations of the virus – the city of Daegu and Gyeonggi Province. The remaining 30 were from Seoul and other parts of the country.

 

[lindamy]

Japan reports its biggest single-day rise in infections: There were 194 new cases of the virus reported there on Saturday. Japan has 1,693 confirmed cases.

 

[lindamy]

 

[lindamy]

最近几天意大利和西班牙虽然总数都已经或者将要超过中国，但似乎峰值已现，出现了盼望已久的拐点。以下是两国新增病例数据图。

 

[lindamy]

1 hr 32 min ago
UK coronavirus outbreak showing signs of slowing - epidemiologist

From CNN's Simon Cullen in London

A member of the ambulance service transports a patient into an ambulance at St Thomas' Hospital in London on March 24. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

The coronavirus outbreak in the UK is showing early signs of slowing, according to Neil Ferguson, a professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London.

“We think the epidemic is just about slowing in the UK right now,” he told BBC Radio on Monday. “It is the result of the actions people have taken and governments have taken.”

However he cautioned that the outbreak is in different stages in different parts of the country.

In central London, Professor Ferguson says it’s possible 3-5% of the population has been infected.
However the figure is more likely 2-3% in the UK as a whole.

The UK had more than 19,500 positive cases as of Sunday, according to figures from the department of health and social care. At least 1,228 of those hospitalized have died.

Need for antibody test: He says the development of an antibody test will be “critical” to getting more accurate data on the extent of the outbreak.
The tests are in the final stages of validation right now,” Professor Ferguson said, adding that it could be available in “days rather than weeks.”
Junior Health Minister Helen Whately told BBC Radio that she is aware of work being undertaken to develop the test, but would not confirm when it would be available.

She also defended the UK’s record on testing for coronavirus, while conceding there are a “handful” of countries that are doing more testing.
First UK doctor dies of coronavirus:An ear, nose and throat consultant has become the first UK medical practitioner to die of the coronavirus. Health authorities wouldn't confirm his age, but said he died Saturday at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England.

 

[lindamy]

感谢上帝，欧洲意大利，西班牙，英国都最近这3，5天来，新增病例有所下降。只要不出现反复，各国能加强防御和治疗，有希望出现有效的拐点，疫情会逐渐有所缓解。

 

[lindamy]

14 hr 17 min ago
Tokyo records largest single-day rise in cases
From CNN's Junko Ogura in Tokyo

Japan reported 235 new cases of the novel coronavirus today, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the country to 3,329.

The East Asian country also reported three new coronavirus-related deaths.

Tokyo had its largest single-day rise yet, with 97 new cases. The number of cases reported in the capital is now 684.

Japan’s national total includes 2,617 cases on land and 712 related to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined in Yokohama Bay for two weeks in February.

A total of 74 people have died from Covid-19 in Japan, including 63 on land and 11 related to the Diamond Princess.

 

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