Italy Places Milan Region Under Quarantine As First Covid-19-Linked Death Reported In Latin America: Live Updates
Summary:
- 21 cases confirmed aboard ‘Grand Princess’
- First death reported in Latin America
- 2 dozen American tourists quarantined on cruise ship
- Illinois confirms sixth case, shuts Chicago school
- South Korea reports 367 new cases raising total to 7,134
- US Marine in Virginia catches coronavirus
- San Francisco confirms six new cases
- Italy quarantines half the country
- British Columbia confirms six cases
- Spain quarantines town
- First case in Washington DC
- US death toll hits 19 as two more cases in WA.
- New York cases hit 76
- Australia reports third death
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Update (2000ET): Though the coronavirus has spread more slowly across the warmer climate of Latin America, the first fatality linked to Covid-19 on the continent has just been reported by the Argentinian health ministry.
- ARGENTINA CONFIRMS FIRST DEATH IN LATIN AMERICA OF PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS – HEALTH MINISTRY STATEMENT
In other news, the Washington Post reports that two dozen American tourists are being quarantined on a cruise ship in the Egyptian city of Luxor, according to two passengers, as Egyptina health officials confirmed 33 new cases of the virus on Saturday.
South Korea, meanwhile, just reported another 367 Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 7,134.
According to the Chicago Tribune, students and staff at a Chicago public school have been asked to stay home next week while the school undergoes a “deep clean”. They’ve also been advised to stay at home and not leave until mid-March, after a classroom assistant – a previous passenger on the Grand Princess before disembarking on Feb. 21.
The special education teacher at Vaughn Occupational High School in Portage Park has been hospitalized since becoming the sixth positive case in the state of Illinois – with all the cases having been identified in Cook County.
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