COVID-19
Italy – Italy has announced an unprecedented quarantine on its northern region of Lombardy and other severely affected areas on Sunday, impacting some 16 million people, as it steps up efforts to tackle Europe’s largest outbreak of coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte early on Sunday issued a decree that severely restricts the movement of individuals in the northern region and surrounding areas. The move comes as the country struggles to contain the virus’s spread, with 1,247 new cases detected in the last 24 hours. Another 36 people also died as a result of the virus, taking the total to 233.
Polio – Pakistan, Afghanistan
Global health officials reported six additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in two countries last week, bringing the total for the year to 23.
In Pakistan, four WPV1 cases were reported. This brings the number of 2020 cases to 21.
In neighbouring Afghanistan, two cases of WPV1 case were reported making them the first cases in 2020.
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