MAMEWorld Forums - Welcome to the War Room - Re: ongoing covid-xx thread

It's a bummer this is taking place in Italy and the quarantine is already causing some of the residents there to flee elsewhere. Italy is in better condition along with other countries either now set up or in process of setting up compared to several of the US states....especially the 'red' states with governors willing to follow whatever the jackass-in-office tells them to do compared to the 'blue' states governors who know better to ignore the jackass.

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213057198

'Get ready': Italian doctors warn Europe

... In the note, sent to the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, critical care experts Professor Maurizio Cecconi, Professor Antonio Pesenti and Professor Giacomo Grasselli, from the University of Milan, revealed how difficult it had been to treat coronavirus patients. They said: “We are seeing a high percentage of positive cases being admitted to our intensive care units (ICUs), in the range of 10 per cent of all positive patients... We wish to convey a strong message: Get ready!”

They said Italian hospitals had seen “a very high” number of intensive care patients who were admitted “almost entirely” for severe lung failure caused by the virus and needing ventilators to help them breathe. They said hospitals across the UK and Europe needed to prepare for a surge in admissions and cautioned against working “in silos”. They said it was vital hospitals had equipment to protect staff and that staff were trained in wearing the kit. They added: “Increase your total ICU capacity. Identify early hospitals that can manage the initial surge in a safe way. Get ready to prepare ICU areas where to cohort Covid-19 patients – in every hospital if necessary.”...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142442966

Italy to adopt new draconian steps to fight coronavirus: draft decree
Source: Reuters

The Italian government will adopt new tough measures to try to contain the spread of coronavirus, including telling people not to enter or leave the hardest-hit region of Lombardy, according to a draft decree seen by Reuters.

So far only a few limited areas of northern Italy, known as “red zones”, have been quarantined, but in a dramatic escalation the draft tells people not to enter or leave Lombardy or 11 provinces in other regions.

The legislation is expected to be approved later on Saturday, the head of the civil protection agency said earlier, after the number of infections rose by more than 1,200 in the last 24 hours.

https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1236394292131909634

Very dramatic extension of the “red zone” of total exclusion in Italy in an effort to contain COVD-19. It includes both the economic powerhouse of Milan and the touristic epicenter of Venice. It’s truly an emergency for the country.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESiODFzX0AA8iNC?format=jpg&name=small

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213057710

video of people rushing to escape the "red zone" before Italy quarantines 16 million