Italian Council of Ministers imposes a state of emergency after two cases of coronavirus in tourists from China are discovered in the country, reports Chigi government palace.
As noted, the state of emergency will last six months. In addition, the Italian authorities will allocate five million euros for measures to combat the spread of the disease..
The measure introduced at the meeting is related to the decision of the World Health Organization to recognize the outbreak of coronavirus as an emergency of international importance, the government reports.. The order will be worked out in detail in the civil defense service of Italy and the country's Ministry of Health.
Also in Germany and Britain recorded new cases of infection with coronavirus.