Avoid travel for health precaution and break chain coronavirus (covid-19) spreading
March, 8th 2020
US Cruise with 3500 aboard in Limbo after 21
test positive
The spreading new virus -
or fears of it - immobilized Cruise ship or left them searching for port on four
continents on Saturday as the bug that has infected more than 1 lakh people
shifted its travel patterns.
Iran declared a war
against the coronavirus after its case numbers spiked anew and Italy shut down
its courts. Cruise ships faced trouble in waters of the US, Malaysia, Egypt and
Malta. Those aboard got tested are confined to cabins.
In China, the number of
people recovering from COVID-19 mounted. but hopeful sings head not erase
the scope of the recent crisis in the country where the new virus emerged last
year. The mainland head 99 New confirmed cases on Friday. Of the 25 that were
outside Hubei, 24 came from outside China.
In Iran, the death
toll from coronavirus reached 145 one Saturday after another 21 people were
confirmed to have died during the last day, among them a conservative lawmaker
from the Tehran. announcing the latest death, a health ministry official
said the tally of confirmed infections head increased by more than 100 during
the last 24 hours, totaling 5823 by Saturday.
In Italy the number of
fatalities has risen to 197 with infection growing by 78/2 4636 the fourth
highest in the world after China, South Korea and Iran. 1 case was diagnosed in
the Vatican.
The head of the
country's democratic party said he is tested positive for the coronavirus.
After the city of Venice cancelled its cherished carnival and the government
warned citizens against travel to Italy, the epicenter of the European
outbreak, the country is facing a possible recession. Hotel occupancy rates in
Lagoon City are down 1% - 2%.
Cruise ship filled with
passengers confronted different virus related problems. in California were
deciding on Saturday where the dock the Grand Princess cruise ship with 3500
board, after 21 tested positive. There is evidence the ship now idling of san
Francisco was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of 10 cases during an
earlier voyage.
Those that will need to
be quarantined will be quarantined. those who will require medical help will
receive it. President Donald Trump said he would have preferred not to let the
passenger disembark on to Americans oil but would defer to medical experts.
Egypt, Cruise ship on
the Nile with more than 150 aboard was under quarantine in the southern city of
Luxor after 12 tested positive for the virus. Also the port of Penang in Malaysia
turned away The Cruise ship Costa Fortuna with 2000 aboard because they were 64
passenger from Italy. It was a second port to reject the ship after Phuket in
Thailand. Now it is heading to Singapore. And in Malta which reported its first
cases of coronavirus.
Indian
among 15 new virus cases in UAE
In Indian nationals is
among 15 new cases of the new coronavirus in the UAE, taking the total number
of confirmed infections in the country to 45. The Ministry of Health and
Prevention said that 13 out of 15 new cases in the UAE recently arrived from a
board. They were diagnosed through an early monitoring and reporting system
implemented in the country and are three Emiratis, two individuals from Saudi
Arabia, Ethiopia and Iran as well as a person each from Thailand, Morocco,
China and India.
The UAE announces
recovery of two cases of COVID-19 and reported of 15 cases of different
nationalities have tested positive for the virus.
Pope
to give public blessing via video
Pope Francis will
deliver his next to public blessing via video to prevent crowds from gathering
as a precaution against coronavirus. the Vatican said the pope will not hold
his traditional Sunday noon blessing from a window over Saint Peter's square is
tradition but that it will be streamed from the library in the Apostolic
Palace.