Here we follow the situation related to the coronavirus to the minute. There are currently more than 79,000 people infected worldwide. And more than 2500 people died. In Europe, all attention is now turned to Italy. In Portugal, the last suspected case was negative.
14h37 – Tajikistan suspends flights to and from Iran
The government of Tajikistan, a country in central Asia, has also decided to suspend flights to and from Iran due to the coronavirus.
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14h29 – Seventh person dies in Italy
Italy announced the death of the seventh person infected with coronavirus. He is an 80-year-old man who was hospitalized in Milan.
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The man had been taken to the hospital last week due to a heart attack and doctors believe he has caught the coronavirus in the meantime.
14h15 – Oman registers two cases of infection
The Oman Ministry of Health revealed the first two confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The two women diagnosed with the disease had returned from Iran and are in stable condition.
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14h10 – Wuhan isolated and without food
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Covid-19 coronavirus was first detected and isolated from the world, everything is starting to become scarce, namely food, some of the inhabitants told AFP.
“We have the impression of being refugees,” admitted some residents of Wuhan in a telephone conversation or by message.
Wuhan, considered the birthplace of the coronavirus, has been isolated from the world for a month. Residents are confined and are struggling to feed themselves, as provisions are increasingly scarce and there are purchase restrictions, in addition to price increases, especially for vegetables.
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14h05 – Oil drops 4% due to fears about the epidemic
The price of a barrel of oil is negotiating a fall due to the risks of spreading the viral pneumonia epidemic outside China that should affect world demand, in an already surplus market.
At around 11:55 am (Lisbon time) the North Sea Brent barrel for April delivery was trading at $ 56.05 on the London market, down 4.19% from Friday’s closing price.
In New York, the US barrel of WTI for delivery in the same month was down 3.97% to $ 51.26.
“The spread of the epidemic in Italy and South Korea puts oil prices under pressure,” summarized Carsten Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank.
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14h00 – Portugal maintains prevention plan
The Directorate-General for Health admits greater surveillance of passengers with other origins, namely Italy.
The country’s second laboratory for coronavirus screening is also operational, at Hospital de São João, in Porto, where this Monday another suspect case was ruled out.
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13h56 – Coronavirus worries in the Middle East
The death toll in Iran has tripled: there are already 12 and there are 61 reported cases.
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Several other countries in the region have since reported the first infected.
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13h55 – The alarm arrived in Europe
The European Commission says there are no reasons for drastic measures, but Italy’s neighboring countries, such as France and Austria, have already begun to tighten border controls.
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1:50 pm Passengers arrive from Italy without screening
Passengers arriving from Porto airport in Italy were not subjected to any screening.
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The departure at Italian airports is also not being controlled. Only the temperature in the arrivals area is measured.
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13:48 – Iran “categorically denies” news about 50 deaths in Qom
Iran’s Ministry of Health today “categorically” denied information that 50 people died in Qom due to the new coronavirus, stressing that so far only 12 deaths have been reported across the country.
“I categorically deny this information,” Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirtchi told the press about the information advanced by MP Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, who accused the Tehran government of “lying to the people”.
The deputy minister stressed that the cases registered by the authorities are of 61 people infected with Covid-19, of which 12 died.
Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, elected by Qom, where the first cases of deaths from the new viral pneumonia were announced on February 19, said the death toll was 50 in the holy city, capital of the region of the same name, located 150 kilometers south of Tehran.
“I ask our brother who declares that number of 50 dead to provide us with the list of their names. If the deaths in Qom are half or a quarter of that number, I resign,” said the deputy minister of Health.
“We pledge to be transparent in the publication of the figures. We will announce all figures relating to deaths across the country,” said government spokesman Ali Rabii.
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1:45 pm – Sixth fatal victim in Italy
According to RAI, a sixth person died in Italy due to the coronavirus. This is a cancer patient who died in Brescia.
13:35 – Hong Kong prohibits entry to non-residents from South Korea
Hong Kong will ban non-residents from South Korea from Tuesday.
“In view of the development of the outbreak in South Korea, the Security office will issue a red alert for travelers,” Hong Kong Security Secretary John Lee said at a press conference.
“We ask Hong Kong residents to avoid unnecessary travel,” he advised.
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1:30 pm – The alarm has arrived in Europe
The European Commission says there are no reasons for drastic measures, but Italy’s neighboring countries, such as France and Austria, have already begun to tighten border controls.
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13:20 – Coronavirus claimed five fatalities in Italy
Two elderly people, one 84 and 88, are the latest victims of viral pneumonia.
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Italy is already the third country with the most cases in the world, after China and South Korea, and this Monday alone 53 new cases have been confirmed in the Lombardy region.
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13h15 – Transfer of Portuguese on board of the vessel still without confirmation
The information, provided by RTP himself, was not confirmed to the family by the Presidency of the Republic.
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The 41-year-old Portuguese has been locked up in a cabin on the cruise ship where he works and now has the first symptoms of the disease.
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13h10 – Gold skyrockets and rises to new highs since March 2013
Gold has today reached a new peak of the past seven years, and is consolidating itself as a safe haven due to fears of the rapid spread of coronavirus outside China, in regions such as South Korea, Italy and Iran.
13h10 – Around 12h00 in Lisbon, the ounce of gold was quoted above 1,680 dollars, the highest value since March 2013 and above 1,643.69 dollars on Friday.
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13h03 – Government maintains contact with authorities to transfer Portuguese
The Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the Government continues to insist with the Japanese authorities that the Portuguese infected with the new coronavirus, retained on the ship in Japan, be transferred to a hospital.
“Our fellow citizen remains on the quarantined ship and has not yet been transferred to a referral hospital. We continue to urge the Japanese authorities to do so. We hope it will be in the next few hours or days”, Augusto Santos Silva told the Lusa agency.
According to the minister, contacts are being made primarily in Japan through the Portuguese Embassy with the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is the contact channel and also through diligences in Lisbon with the Japanese Embassy in Lisbon.
“We continue to use the diplomatic means at our disposal to achieve this objective as quickly as possible, that our fellow citizen be transferred to a referral hospital so that his health status is better monitored “, he said.
Augusto Santos Silva stressed that he was not yet aware of when the citizen would be transferred, but added that this information would be released first to the family.
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12:41 pm – Hong Kong advises travel to South Korea
The Hong Kong government has asked its people to avoid non-essential travel to South Korea. The call comes after Seoul announced 231 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number to over 800.
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12h31 – Turkey cancels flights to Iran
Turkish Airlines has decided to cancel flights to four Iranian cities and cut flights to Tehran by Thursday, February 27.
On Sunday, Turkey closed the land border with Iran and decided to suspend the entry of flights from that country as a precaution due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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12:11 pm – More than 3,000 infected health workers in China
China has said that more than 3,000 health workers are infected with coronavirus. According to the Chinese National Health Commission, most of these infections occurred in Hubei and are due to a lack of protective materials.
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11:46 am – The Portuguese infected with coronavirus, isolated on the ship in Japan, should be transferred to a hospital on Tuesday, according to the confirmation given to RTP by Adriano Maranhão himself. However, Emmanuelle, married to this Portuguese citizen, says that this reality is not yet confirmed.
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11:30 am – The Lyon Regional Health Directorate has ordered a bus originating in Milan to be ordered to the contrary. The vehicle has been immobilized since this morning at the Lyon Perrache station after a suspected case of coronavirus was identified among the passengers. Health officials, firefighters and INEM are on site.
11:17 am – Officer. Fifth deadly victim of the coronavirus in Italy. According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, he is an 88-year-old man. There are now more than 200 cases in the country of people infected with coronavirus.
11h15 – Public Health Doctor sees no benefit in bringing isolated Portuguese on the ship in Japan. On Bom Dia Portugal, Guilherme Duarte said he explained that bringing Portuguese infected with coronavirus to Portugal will be “a collective decision”, but it is not clear that there will be “gains” with this decision, since the Japanese health system is “robust” and can respond to the Portuguese patient.
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10:50 am – The Portuguese who is infected with the new coronavirus, held on the ship Diamond Princess, in Japan, was seen by the doctor on the boat. He was medicated for fever, told his wife Emmanuelle Maranhão to Lusa. “His condition had worsened today with more fever and pain. Following his worsening health condition, he was seen by the ship’s doctor who gave him Ben-u-ron for the fever.” However, the doctor was unable to say when it will be possible to transfer him to a hospital “, he said.
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10:45 am – France Press news agency says there is a plane from the Italian company Alitalia that has been blocked in Mauritius. The plane that took off from Rome is carrying around 300 people, including 60 from Lombardy and Veneto.
The device was blocked after it landed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Italian authorities say they are in constant contact with Alitalia in order to “ensure assistance to Italians on board”.
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10:28 am – First case detected in Iraq. He is an Iranian citizen.
10:21 am – The holy city of Qom, 140 kilometers south of Tehran, Iran, has already recorded 50 deaths from the new coronavirus, the semi-official Iranian agency ILNA reported today. Cited by ILNA, deputy Ahmad Amiriabadi Farahani said that more than 250 people are quarantined in the city, the most important Shi’ite pilgrimage destination in Iran.
Officially, the Iranian press has only updated the number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the country from eight to 12.
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9:33 am – European Commission will mobilize 230 million euros to support the global fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus. In view of developments in Italy, the EC asked the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control to reassess the risk.
9:27 am – China prohibits trade and consumption of wild animals.
09h14 – Iranian official source says 12 people died from the coronavirus. There are at least 61 people infected.
09h10 – Main European stock exchanges opened in a strong low, due to fears of the rapid spread of coronavirus outside China.
8:40 am – China will postpone the annual meeting in Parliament because of the coronavirus. It was scheduled for March 5. It will be held at a later date to be announced. This is an unprecedented decision.
8:25 am – The Portuguese woman who is infected on the cruise ship in Japan, says that her husband has gotten worse in the last few hours, “he is feverish, worse, beaten up, alone and sicker”.
8:22 am – Guangdong province, which borders Macau, has lowered the alert level for the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, after recent information points to a containment of the outbreak in most of China.
08h18 – South Korea with 70 new cases. In total, the country has 833 cases of coronavirus infections.
08h16 – Kuwait and Bahrain with the first cases of coronavirus. Detected in people who have been to Iran.
08h15 – First case detected in Afghanistan, informed the Afghan Minister of Health.
08h07 – Suspected case of a patient from Italy, who was admitted to Porto, was negative, the DGS reported this morning.
In a statement published on the official website, the DGS informs that “the suspected case of infection with a new Coronavirus (COVID-19), that of a citizen from Milan, who was sent yesterday to the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, it was negative after laboratory analysis by the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), with two negative biological samples.
In the last few hours, the information that in Italy a fourth person died because of the virus that spread in the North of the country. THE information The information was confirmed by the country’s health officer. The deadly victim was 80 years old and was hospitalized when she was infected. According to Italian authorities, the other three people who died in the country from the virus were old and at least two were suffering from serious health problems.
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