The cancellation of the Venice Carnival was decided by the Italian authorities led by the governor of Veneto, Luca Jaia, after the country has been alerted due to the coronavirus cases that reached 132. At the same time, its schools and museums will remain closed. region.
At the same time, the Italian authorities decided to quarantine the 274 migrants and the crew of the ship Ocean Viking (owned by the NGO Sos Mediterranè) and which had just docked in Pozzalo, Sicily.
According to international agencies, six patients are being treated in the intensive care unit of hospitals.
Ankara closes its border access with Tehran
In the same context, Turkey is closing its border crossing with Iran as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as Tehran reported 43 cases of the same virus, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
All highways and railways to Iran were closed at 17.00pm, while flights from Iran have been suspended, the minister told reporters.
Eight people have died in Iran. This is the largest number of deaths from the new coronavirus outside of China.
Meanwhile, financial officials from the group of the 20 largest economies in the world, agreed today that they will continue to record the financial risks from the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but will also adopt appropriate policies to limit the global economic impact, according to the minister. Of Saudi Arabia.
The two-day conference in Riyadh was dominated by growing concerns about the spread of the epidemic, with the IMF predicting it would cut global economic growth by 0,1%.