久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

Europeans scramble to contain outbreak

Italy in main focus as checkpoints at quarantined towns highlight risks

CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-02-26 07:36
Share
Share - WeChat
Military officers wearing face masks stand outside Duomo cathedral, closed by authorities due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy, on Monday. FLAVIO LO SCALZO/REUTERS

Italy in main focus as checkpoints at quarantined towns highlight risks

With the novel coronavirus taking aim at a broadening swath of the globe, officials in Europe are now scrambling to limit the spread of an outbreak that poses new threats far beyond its epicenter.

Italy is trying to contain Europe's worst outbreak of the virus, with more than 280 people having tested positive for it and seven dying as of Tuesday. Most of the cases are in the northern regions of Lombardy, which includes the financial capital Milan, and Veneto.

The sudden outbreak of the disease over the weekend triggered alarm in Milan, bringing a noticeable drop in the number of people in public places and prompting shoppers to rush to supermarkets to stock up on basics.

Milan cathedral has been closed to visitors and the Venice carnival, one of the world's premier tourist attractions, shut early for the first time in decades. Police manned checkpoints around a dozen quarantined northern towns as worries grew across the continent, while upcoming football matches in Italy's Serie A league and the Europa League will be played behind closed doors.

In addition to Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Finland have reported confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection.

UK authorities on Tuesday advised its citizens who had visited northern Italy to self-isolate if they had any flu-like symptoms. Austria said it temporarily halted rail traffic across its border with Italy. Slovenia and Croatia, popular getaways for Italians, were holding crisis meetings.

Although the outbreak has so far largely been confined to northern Italy, there were signs it could spread.

Authorities in the Sicilian city of Palermo said on Tuesday that a tourist from the northern town of Bergamo had tested positive and been placed in quarantine pending further tests.

"These rapid developments over the weekend have shown how quickly this situation can change," the Health Commissioner for the European Union, Stella Kyriakides, said in Brussels.

"We need to take this situation of course very seriously, but we must not give in to panic, and, even more importantly, to disinformation."

In an interview on Tuesday, Italian Deputy Economy Minister Laura Castelli said the country may need to call on the European Union to offer leeway on its budget targets as it struggles with the impact of the outbreak on an economy already on the brink of recession.

The comments came a day after Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned that the fallout from the outbreak, so far concentrated in the economic powerhouses of northern Italy, would be "very strong".

EU support

On Monday, the European Union announced that it will spend 232 million euros ($251 million) on efforts to stop the spread of the respiratory disease.

As it announced the funding, the European Commission said it was working "around the clock" to support EU member states in their fight to stop the outbreak becoming a pandemic.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said the money will boost global preparedness, prevention, and containment of the virus.

"As cases continue to rise, public health is the number one priority," she said.

"Whether it be boosting preparedness in Europe, in China, or elsewhere, the international community must work together. Europe is here to play a leading role."

Meanwhile, a team of experts from the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control arrived in Italy in a bid to support its authorities in countering the outbreak, the WHO announced on Monday night.

The WHO noted that countries across the European region must continue to prepare for and respond to cases of the virus.

Agencies and Earle Gale in London contributed to this story.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: a级国产乱理伦片在线观看国 | 一级毛片aaaaaa视频免费看 | 久久国产精品夜色 | 亚洲成人免费在线视频 | 美女插跳蛋视频叫爽 | 欧美aaa毛片免费看 欧美aaa视频 | 精品国产a | 性做久久久久免费看 | 国产精彩视频在线 | 中文字幕亚洲不卡在线亚瑟 | 欧美jizzhd精品欧美高清 | 在线亚洲v日韩v | 亚洲毛片在线观看 | 精品三级内地国产在线观看 | 自拍 第一页 | 久色tv| 国产亚洲精品久久久久久 | 成人午夜在线观看国产 | 一本久久综合 | 欧美日本一道高清二区三区 | 午夜丝袜美腿福利视频在线看 | 亚洲精品久久久久久久久久久网站 | 老司机午夜性生免费福利 | 久久久精品国产免费观看同学 | 国产精品一区二区久久精品涩爱 | 国产v精品成人免费视频400条 | a高清免费毛片久久 | 正在播放的国产a一片 | 一级一片在线播放在线观看 | 欧美老妇b | 91久久在线| 一级特色大黄美女播放网站 | 久久久精品成人免费看 | 欧美一级网站 | 91久久线看在观草草青青 | 九九九国产视频 | 久草在线视频看看 | 免费欧美一级 | 久久精品视频7 | 99热.com| 一区二区亚洲精品 |