Viruses

The man in his eighties was hospitalized for a disease unrelated to coronavirus, RAI reports.
The number of infected people is expected to rise on hourly basis, "Corriere della Sera" writes, adding that the nightmare in Italy began on Friday morning when the first infected person passed away.

Their demand has increased dramatically due to the coronavirus infection.

Surgical masks are depleted in Germany and pharmacies hardly receive new deliveries, BTA reported.

"There are significant delays and delivery difficulties," said the head of the German Wholesale Pharmaceutical Association.

Authorities in Pakistan have announced they are closing their border with Iran, where the coronavirus continues to spread, AFP reported.

"We have closed our border with Iran because of the reports of coronavirus there," said Ayesha Zehri, a senior government official in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan's province, which borders Iran." .

152 people have been infected in Italy until today, making this country the third most infected country in the world, according to the Index.
China, with more than 77.000 people infected, still holds first place, followed by South Korea, which is second with 602 infected.
Italy overtook Japan today, with 153 people infected.

Turkey has temporarily closed its border gates with Iran on Feb. 23 over the coronavirus cases determined in the neighboring country, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

"All transitions are temporarily stopped," Koca told reporters, adding that the crossings from Iran to Turkey were halted, but crossings from Turkey into Iran will continue.

Iran on Feb. 22 ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres after a coronavirus outbreak that has killed five people in the Islamic republic -- the most outside the Far East.

Iran on Feb. 22 ordered the closure of schools, universities and cultural centres after a coronavirus outbreak that has killed eight people in the Islamic republic -- the most outside the Far East.

The moves came as Iranian authorities reported one more death among 15 new cases of the virus.

Turkey has started to screen travelers arriving from Iran at border gates and is refusing entry to anyone with signs of illness after four people died from the new virus that emerged in China, along with 750 suspected cases.

Today the Israeli authorities confirmed the first case of infection with the new coronavirus. This is a passenger who was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship and who was repatriated earlier this week, France reported.

Since the start of the 2019-20 flu season in October, 60 people in Greece have died after catching the virus - seven in the last week alone.