Italy is dealing with its most major national public health disaster in modern times.
As of Monday, over 1,600 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Italy and 34 people have died. On Friday, there had been just over 800 confirmed cases, up from only three cases registered a week earlier, on Friday February 21.
Brusaferro said the multiplication of coronavirus cases that Italy was currently witnessing were probably contracted before the authorities "got organized" and imposed emergency measures to stop the spread of the virus. He said he hoped the number of cases would drop after next weekend. A handful of countries, including the U.S., have advised their citizens against travel to Italy at the current time or to self-quarantine on return from Italy. Public Health England, for one, has advised anyone returning from northern Italy — an area defined as anywhere above the line of cities Pisa, Florence and Rimini, to self-isolate if they show symptoms.
A dozen towns in those regions were put in lockdown just over a week ago as the Italian government under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte sought to halt the spread. The measures are due to be in place until at least March 8.
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