COVID Superspreader 38M In Italy Infects At Least 15 Including HCWs

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already certain is that the virus has spread to at least 15 other people since the age of 38: his wife, a teacher who is on maternity leave and only for this reason he has not had contact with students, a friend of his with whom he usually runs , 5 between doctors and health professionals and 3 patients from the Codogno hospital, 3 elderly people between 70 and 80 years of age who are customers of a bar run by the father of their runner friend and a fourteenth person of whom nothing is known, except that he is the general practitioner who visited the 38 year old. The fifteenth positive in Lombardy is a patient hospitalized for several days in the Cremona hospital.

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Coronavirus, first died in Italy. New infections from Lombardy to Veneto

 

The first death from coronavirus also arrives in Italy. Adriano Trevisan, 78 years old, died at the hospital in Padua, where he was hospitalized together with another person positive for the virus. Former owner of a small construction company, Trevisan had three children, one of whom, Vanessa, had been mayor of Vo 'Euganeo where they come from.

The man, already hospitalized for about ten days for previous pathologies, died at the hospital of Schiavonia (Padua). "There was not even time to transfer it," said Governor Zaia.

"We have taken all the measures and are available to evaluate further, if necessary," said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the end of the extraordinary meeting at the Civil Protection which was also attended by the Minister of Health Hope. "We reassure the whole population - he added - at the moment we have quarantined all the people who came into contact with the certified positive cases". "We are convinced that the national health service is up to this challenge - added Minister Speranza-. We have done a very careful screening job, to select one by one the close contacts of these people we are checking them one by one with the tampons and we think this is the most effective way to contain the progress of the virus ".

There are currently 16 Italians who are positive for the virus in Lombardy and one in Veneto , while the eighteenth, a 78-year-old man, did not make it: he died in the Schiavonia hospital, where he was hospitalized. But it is not over: hundreds of people have had direct contact with them and are waiting to know the results of the tests and more than 50 thousand citizens in the province of Lodi are, in fact, in quarantine at their home.

The 'index case' of the Lodigiano will be a 38-year-old from Codogno who presented himself to the hospital on Tuesday 18 with flu symptoms but who, at the end of the visit, was sent home. The next day the man returned and this time he was hospitalized until Thursday evening, when tests gave the response: coronavirus positive. The isolation at the Sacco in Milan started immediately. But it was already late. In the previous days, the 38-year-old in fact led everyday life, meeting dozens of people: he went to work in the administration department of the Unilever in Casalpusterlengo, took part in two races - a half marathon in Santa Margherita Ligure on February 2 and one on the 9th with his team in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano - he played five-a-side football, he was at least three dinners and business meetings. How did you get the virus? At the moment the prevailing hypothesis is that he may have been infected during a dinner with his friend. The latter, an Italian who works for the 'Mae' of Fiorenzuola d'Arda, in the province of Piacenza, returned from China on 21 January. In early February, between 1 and 8, he accused of flu symptoms and in those days he met the 38 year old. However, the man tested negative, which can only mean two things: either he was not the carrier or he had the virus, he recovered and developed antibodies. The results of the blood tests underway at Spallanzani will say so. Fiorenzuola d'Arda, in the province of Piacenza, returned from China on 21 January. In early February, between 1 and 8, he accused of flu symptoms and in those days he met the 38 year old. However, the man tested negative, which can only mean two things: either he was not the carrier or he had the virus, he recovered and developed antibodies. The results of the blood tests underway at Spallanzani will say so. Fiorenzuola d'Arda, in the province of Piacenza, returned from China on 21 January. In early February, between 1 and 8, he accused of flu symptoms and in those days he met the 38 year old. However, the man tested negative, which can only mean two things: either he was not the carrier or he had the virus, he recovered and developed antibodies. The results of the blood tests underway at Spallanzani will say so.

WHERE ARE WE AT THE CORONAVIRUS?

However, what is already certain is that the virus has spread to at least 15 other people since the age of 38: his wife, a teacher who is on maternity leave and only for this reason he has not had contact with students, a friend of his with whom he usually runs , 5 between doctors and health professionals and 3 patients from the Codogno hospital, 3 elderly people between 70 and 80 years of age who are customers of a bar run by the father of their runner friend and a fourteenth person of whom nothing is known, except that he is the general practitioner who visited the 38 year old. The fifteenth positive in Lombardy is a patient hospitalized for several days in the Cremona hospital.

"Our son is very serious - confirm the parents of the 38 year old, in a self quarantine at home - he is intubated, it is a painful thing, we are destroyed". The work that is being done now is to rebuild all the contacts these people had. Which are hundreds if not thousands. Just to be clear: only the 38-year-old has had relationships with 120 Unilever colleagues, 70 between doctors and health personnel and 80 people who are part of his closest circle, starting from 40 on his running team. This is why the Region, in agreement with the Government, has been able to do nothing but trigger a series of "restrictive measures" in 10 municipalities, an area where 50 thousand people live. Casalpusterlengo, Codogno, Castiglione d'Adda, Fombio, Maleo, Somaglia, Bertonico, Terranova dei Passerini, Castelgerundo and Sanfiorano are in isolation. "The plan adopted provides strong choices" explains Health Minister Roberto Speranza, listing them: a 'mandatory' home stay and the suspension of any public event, of commercial, working, sporting and school activities. "We must keep the virus inside that area" says Speranza who then confirms the measures already taken: "fiduciary" quarantine obligation for those returning from China, and active surveillance for those who have been in risk areas, with an obligation to report to health authorities upon return to Italy. In addition, two Defense barracks are already ready in Milan and Piacenza with 180 places, to accommodate those who will have to go into quarantine. And it is not excluded, Commissioner Borrelli also reiterated this, that hotels may also be requisite. But there is another front. That of the Veneto. Two elderly people from Vo 'Euganeo aged 78 and 67 tested positive in the first tests and were admitted to the hospital in Padua. The 78-year-old, however, did not make it and died late in the evening. The two, Governor Zaia said, have never been to China and have had no contact with people who have returned from the Asian country. Also in this case it will be necessary to understand how they were infected. Finally, in Piacenza - where the prefecture decided to stop basketball, football and other sporting events scheduled for the weekend - a colleague of the Unilever employee, symptomatic, who had been hospitalized this morning in hospital, was negative. That of the Veneto. Two elderly people from Vo 'Euganeo aged 78 and 67 tested positive in the first tests and were admitted to the hospital in Padua. The 78-year-old, however, did not make it and died late in the evening. The two, Governor Zaia said, have never been to China and have had no contact with people who have returned from the Asian country. Also in this case it will be necessary to understand how they were infected. Finally, in Piacenza - where the prefecture decided to stop basketball, football and other sporting events scheduled for the weekend - a colleague of the Unilever employee, symptomatic, who had been hospitalized this morning in hospital, was negative. That of the Veneto. Two elderly people from Vo 'Euganeo aged 78 and 67 tested positive in the first tests and were admitted to the hospital in Padua. The 78-year-old, however, did not make it and died late in the evening. The two, Governor Zaia said, have never been to China and have had no contact with people who have returned from the Asian country. Also in this case it will be necessary to understand how they were infected. Finally, in Piacenza - where the prefecture decided to stop basketball, football and other sporting events scheduled for the weekend - a colleague of the Unilever employee, symptomatic, who had been hospitalized this morning in hospital, was negative. he didn't make it and he died late in the evening. The two, Governor Zaia said, have never been to China and have had no contact with people who have returned from the Asian country. Also in this case it will be necessary to understand how they were infected. Finally, in Piacenza - where the prefecture decided to stop basketball, football and other sporting events scheduled for the weekend - a colleague of the Unilever employee, symptomatic, who had been hospitalized this morning in hospital, was negative. he didn't make it and he died late in the evening. The two, Governor Zaia said, have never been to China and have had no contact with people who have returned from the Asian country. Also in this case it will be necessary to understand how they were infected. Finally, in Piacenza - where the prefecture decided to stop basketball, football and other sporting events scheduled for the weekend - a colleague of the Unilever employee, symptomatic, who had been hospitalized this morning in hospital, was negative.