Italians on high alert as coronavirus spreads beyond the north
There are now over 250 confirmed cases in Italy, as of Tuesday, according to Italian media.
The number of cases is rising rapidly; on Friday morning Italy only had 3 confirmed cases of the virus before a sharp spike over the weekend. "There was a hotspot and it spread from there in part due to the management of a hospital that was not done entirely according to the prudent protocols that are recommended in these cases," Conte said Monday, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier, speaking at a news briefing in Geneva, said officials from the organization were meeting in Rome to discuss measures taken in Italy, which he said were "pretty strong," Reuters reported.
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