STOCKHOLM (dpa-AFX) – The European prevention agency ECDC is reviewing its risk assessment of the virus because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 in Italy. Given the rapidly evolving situation, the impact of the clusters in Italy in terms of risk for the entire EU and the European Economic Area will be assessed, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Sunday evening in Solna near Stockholm.
ECDC director Andrea Ammon announced that she would issue an updated risk assessment within the next 24 hours. It is anticipated that there will be more cases in Italy and possibly other parts of the EU in the coming days.
The number of infected people in Italy had increased surprisingly strongly over the weekend. According to the authorities, there had been more than 130 cases by Sunday afternoon. In the evening, a third fatality was reported in the EU country./trs/DP/nas
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