World Reaches Coronavirus Tipping Point-Nauubos na ang Oras upang Pigilan ang Pandemya.

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An Italian passenger jet was held in Mauritius over coronavirus fears today after Italy confirmed its sixth virus death in Europe's first major outbreak. 



Maraming pasahero mula sa Lombardy at Veneto, ang dalawang may worst record na affected na mga region sa Italy, ay pinayuhang bumalik sa kanilang mga tahanan O kaya ay e quarantine sa Indian Ocean Country,ayon sa Airline Alitalia.

Kwarenta sa mga nasa 224 na katao on board ay piniling bumalik na lamang sa kanilang lugar sa northern italy kung saan nasa 50,000 katao naman ang inilagay sa ilalim ng lockdown, mga paaralan ay nagsara at mga pampublikong palabas ay naka banned para lamang maiwasan ang pagkalat nitong covid-19.

Hindi pa man masyadong klaro kung ang ibang pasahero at crew ay napasa ilalim sa quarantine sa Mauritius, pagkatapos ibinalita na may 30 katao na mula sa mga affected na region ang nanduon daw sa plane.

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Dumagdag ng 3 katao ang bilang ng namatay sa Lombardy ngayong araw , at ito ay nasa 6 na kabuuang bilang ng namatay sa v1rus sa Italy.

Ang nasabing outbreak ay nagbigay pangamba na baka ang mga turista galing italy ay pwedeng magdala ng nasabing v1rus sa buong Europe.

Ayon pa sa dagdag na ulat ng Daily Mail:

One British Airways flight to Milan was delayed this morning after a passenger left the plane shortly before take-off at Heathrow, allegedly because they feared they would catch the virus. 

BA said it was 'reviewing the situation' today but the UK government insisted that 'the threat to the British public is currently low'. 

There is also no change in Foreign Office advice for British tourists to 'follow the instructions of local authorities', while Ireland has gone further and advised against travel to the virus hotspots.  

One man who returned to the UK from Codogno - one of the towns in lockdown - said he called the NHS today but was told to 'continue as usual'. 

Diego Gullo has placed himself in a voluntary quarantine and voiced doubts about the UK's response after the NHS suggested his wife and children should go to a walk-in centre.  

France has dismissed calls to close its border with Italy, although passengers on a bus from Milan were held in Lyon today after the driver was taken to hospital with possible virus symptoms.   

Italy has confirmed 219 cases of the virus, by far the largest number outside China, Japan and South Korea.   

Authorities in Lombardy and Veneto have locked down 11 towns and banned public events including Masses, while Milan's famous cathedral has been closed to visitors and bars and restaurants have been ordered to close.  

The three other people who have died of the illness were also elderly and at least two of them had serious underlying health problems. 

'To be honest, nobody thought the spread would be so aggressive. The illness is not serious, but it must not be underestimated,' Attilio Fontana, the regional governor of Lombardy, told RTL radio. 

Authorities across the north have shut schools, universities, museums and cinemas for at least a week in the most drastic quarantine measures that any country has taken outside Asia. 

Italian shares fell 4.2 per cent on Monday morning, with businesses, with Banco BPM which has its roots in Lombardy plunging nearly seven per cent. 

Analysts say the outbreak could shunt Italy's fragile economy into its fourth recession in 12 years, with government bonds also taking a swift hit.  

Italy became the first European country to report one of its nationals died from the virus on Friday.

Two more fatalities came over the weekend but Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged people 'not to give in to panic', and asked them to follow the advice of health authorities.    
Meanwhile, a virus expert from the World Health Organization said the coronavirus could be the 'Disease X' which experts have warned about.

The name is given to a future disease which could break out among humans and wreak havoc across the world.

'Dr Marion Koopmans, a virologist for the WHO, said: 'Whether it will be contained or not, this outbreak is rapidly becoming the first true pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category.'  

After Italy recorded its first death on Friday, the director general of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke of a narrowing 'window of opportunity.' 

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Sharp rises in Italy, Iran and South Korea have brought this window into stark focus as the global infection toll soared to 79,565 today, including more than 2,600 deaths.   

Along with Italy, Iran has begun introducing the sort of containment measures previously seen only in China, which has put tens of millions of people under lockdown in Hubei province, the outbreak's epicentre. 

On Sunday, China's President Xi Jinping called the epidemic the 'largest public health emergency' in the country's history.  

'This is a crisis for us and it is a big test,' Xi said during remarks carried by state television.

In a rare admission, at a meeting to coordinate the fight against the virus, Xi added that China must learn from 'obvious shortcomings exposed' during its response.

The WHO has praised Beijing for its handling of the epidemic, but China has been criticised at home for silencing early warnings from a whistleblower doctor who later died from the virus. 
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