The coronavirus infection
has now killed 827 persons in Italy with 196 new deaths recorded in the last
couple of hours.
The total number of
cases in the country has also risen from 10,149 to 12,462, according to the
Civil Protection Agency.
The death toll is
the largest in a day since the outbreak started in December 2019, extending the
country’s record of 168 deaths in 24 hours.
The country is the
second worst hit from the virus in the world, after China, where it broke out
in December.
The Italian
government already extended its emergency measures, which include restrictions
on travels and public gatherings, to the entire country.
It had also ordered
a lock down in the entire northern region which has a population of 16 million
people to check the spread of the disease.
Earlier on
Wednesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the global coronavirus
outbreak a pandemic, demanding more action from countries.
Tedros Ghebreyesus,
its director-general, had said in the past two weeks, the number of infections
from the virus has increased 13-fold outside the outbreak epicentre in China,
while the number of affected countries has tripled.
Nigeria’s index case
is as an Italian business traveller, who flew into the country through Murtala
Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, on February 24.
He is currently
receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. One of
those who had contact with the Italian has also tested positive for the
disease.
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